Sizing the lung of mechanically ventilated patients

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and ventilator settings

			Mechanical ventilation
Patient	Age, years	Sex	Indication	Time, hours	BMI, kg/m²	PEEP, cm H ₂ O	P/F, mm Hg	VT, mL
1	37	M	Acute lung injury	229	71	10	270	550
2	37	F	Influenza pneumonia	108	39	10	262	300
3	55	M	Acute histoplasmosis	44	26	10	265	570
4	59	M	Encephalopathy	19	24	5	453	450
5	70	F	Health care-associated pneumonia	108	35	8	108	380
6	29	F	Encephalopathy	135	21	5	436	350
7	73	F	Health care-associated pneumonia	92	29	5	171	400
8	79	M	Airway protection	34	30	8	165	420
9	66	F	Health care-associated pneumonia	35	29	5	290	340
10	53	F	ARDS-sepsis	62	38	10	240	370
11	60	M	Ventilator-associated pneumonia	11	37	7.5	121	500
12	74	M	Health care-associated pneumonia	15	21	5	272	450
13	79	M	Sepsis, myocardial infarction	22	35	5	385	550
14	59	F	Community-acquired pneumonia	21	42	10	216	385

ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; BMI, body mass index; F, female; M, male; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; P/F, partial pressure of oxygen to fractional concentration of inspired oxygen ratio; VT, tidal volume.

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