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Table 2 Ventilator settings for the study population as a whole, group (dIVC <18%) and group (dIVC >18%)

From: The gray zone of the qualitative assessment of respiratory changes in inferior vena cava diameter in ICU patients

 

All patients (n= 97)

dIVC <18% (n= 71)

dIVC ≥18% (n= 26)

P value

Vt (ml)

519 ± 45

518 ± 46

518 ± 46

0.15

RR (mn-1)

16 ± 3

16 ± 3

16 ± 3

0.56

PEEP (cmH2O)

4 ± 2

4 ± 2

4 ± 1

0.3

PPlat (cmH2O)

18 ± 5

18 ± 5

17 ±4

0.56

Vt (ml/kg)

8.3 ± 0.5

8.3 ± 0.4

8.3 ± 0.5

0.1

  1. dIVC, inferior vena cava distensibility index; Vt , tidal volume; RR, respiratory rate; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; PPlat, plateau pressure.