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Table 2 Respiratory insufficiency as the inclusion criterion (Murray score [21] and European American Consensus Conference 1994 values)

From: A new prototype of an electronic jet-ventilator and its humidification system

Murray Score (mean values of 40 patients)

  
 

Measured value

Points

   PaO2/FiO2

160 ± 15

3

   PEEP (mbar)

10 ± 2

2

Compliance (ml/cmH2O)

36 ± 3

3

   X-ray quadrants

  2 ± 1

2

   Sum total

 

10

   Score (Sum total/4)

 

2.5

European American Consensus Conference 1994

  

ARDS:

  

   acute onset

  

   PaO2/FiO < 200 mmHg (peep independent)

  

   Bilateral infiltration on ap chest X-ray

  

   PCWP < 18 mmHg or absence of left atrial hypertension

  

ALI:

  

   acute onset

  

   PaO2/FiO2 < 300 mmHg (peep independent)

  

   Bilateral infiltration on ap chest x-ray

  

   PCWP < 18 mmHg or absence of left atrial hypertension

  
  1. PaO2, partial pressure of oxygen; FiO2,fractional inspiratory oxygen Concentration; PEEP, positive end-expiratorypressure; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ALI, acute lunginsufficiancy; ap, anterior-posterior; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedgepressure.
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