A randomised controlled trial of an open lung strategy with staircase recruitment, titrated PEEP and targeted low airway pressures in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Table 1 Baseline demographic data (mean ± SE)

	PHARLAP	Control	P
Number in group	10	10
Male, number	7	6
Age, years	60 ± 5	58 ± 4	0.65
APACHE 2 score	20.1 ± 3	20.1 ± 2	0.99
APACHE 3 score	66.3 ± 8	64.8 ± 7	0.89
SOFA score	8.6 ± 0.9	8.4 ± 0.5	0.86
PaO₂/F_IO₂, mmHg	155 ± 8	149 ± 12	0.65
Diagnostic group	5 pneumonia	6 pneumonia
	2 AAA	2 AAA
	1 necrotising fasciitis	1 burn
	2 trauma	1 sepsis
Static lung compliance, ml/cm H₂O	45.8 ± 5.4	37.3 ± 5.4	0.48
PEEP, cm H₂O	11.8 ± 0.7	14.2 ± 1.2	0.09

AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; PEEP, positive end expiratory pressure; SE, standard error, SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment score

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