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 4 Outcomes

	PHARLAP	Control	P
Hospital mortality, number	3	2	0.61
LOV, hours	180 (87 to 298)	341 (131 to 351)	0.13
ICU LOS, days	9.9 (5.6 to 14.8)	16.0 (8.1 to 19.3)	0.19
Hospital LOS, days	17.9 (13.7 to 34.5)	24.7 (20.5 to 39.8)	0.16
Barotrauma, number	0	0
Rescue therapies, number of patients	0	2	0.46
SOFA score (Day 7)	8.6 ± 0.3	8.4 ± 0.6	0.27

LOV, length of ventilation; ICU LOS, intensive care length of stay; LOS, length of stay; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment

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