Pressure-dependent stress relaxation in acute respiratory distress syndrome and healthy lungs: an investigation based on a viscoelastic model

Table 1 Characteristics of ARDS group

Number	Weight (kg)	Primary diagnosis	ARDS (p/ep)
1	125	Pancreatitis	ep
2	100	Severe thorax trauma	p
3	65	Pancreatitis	ep
4	85	Peritonitis	ep
5	61	Peritonitis	ep
6	100	Pneumonia	p
7	90	Traumatic open brain injury	ep
8	104	Postresuscitation after heart failure	ep
9	60	Peritonitis	ep
10	70	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	ep
11	85	Peritonitis	ep
12	85	Traumatic brain injury	ep
13	80	Carcinoma of the floor of the mouth	ep
14	95	Pneumonia	p
15	75	Traumatic brain injury	ep
16	63	Pneumonia	p
17	66	Abdominal aortic aneurysm	ep
18	90	Pancreatitis	ep
19	90	Pneumonia after blunt abdominal trauma	p
20	70	Liver cirrhosis	ep
Mean	87.7
SD	28.5

ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome; ep = extra-pulmonary; p = pulmonary; SD = standard deviation.

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