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Table 3 Ventilation and fluid therapy in ICU

From: Mortality in sepsis versus non-sepsis induced acute lung injury

Parameter

Sepsis*

Non-Sepsis*

P value**

Tidal volume at day 1, mL/kg PBW***

6.7 (5.8, 7.9)

6.4 (4.9, 7.8)

0.16

PEEP on day 1, cmH20***

8 (5, 10)

5 (5, 10)

0.0004

PaO2 on day1

81 (66-107)

87 (66-125)

0.15

Cumulative fluid balance during first 7 days after ALI onset, Liters

9.8 (3.9, 17)

7.1 (1.9, 13)

0.004

  1. * Continuous variables are presented as median with interquartile range.
  2. **Calculated using Student's t-test for continuous data that appeared normally distributed, and the Wilcoxin rank sum for variables that did not appear normally distributed.
  3. ***For the sepsis and non-sepsis groups, data was missing, and could not be imputed, for tidal volume and PEEP for six patients, five in the sepsis group and one in the non-sepsis group.
  4. PBW = predicted body weight; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure.
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