Assessment of patient-ventilator breath contribution during neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in patients with acute respiratory failure

Table 1 Patient descriptions^a

Patient	Age, yr	Sex	APACHE II score	Predicted weight, kg	Cause of respiratory failure	PEEP, cmH₂O	FiO₂	SpO₂
1	58	F	12	65	Cardiogenic pulmonary edema	8	0.4	95
2	60	F	22	65	Cardiogenic pulmonary edema	6	0.4	98
3	32	F	16	52	Pneumonia	8	0.4	95
4	82	M	32	70	ARDS, intestinal infection	4	0.4	99
5	72	F	30	52	Pneumonia	5	0.4	98
6	38	M	18	75	Pneumonia	8	0.5	95
7	69	F	24	60	Pneumonia	5	0.4	100
8	81	F	30	64	Pneumonia	7	0.4	98
9	57	F	20	50	Pneumonia	4	0.4	98
10	76	F	28	50	Pneumonia	5	0.4	100
11	56	M	16	67	Pneumonia	5	0.4	100
12	60	F	28	58	Pneumonia	5	0.4	96
Mean (SD)	61.8 (15.6)		23.0 (6.6)	60.7 (8.0)		5.8 (1.5)	0.41 (0.02)	98 (2)

^aAPACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; FiO₂, Fraction of inspired oxygen; PEEP, Positive end-expiratory pressure; SD, Standard deviation; SpO₂, Pulse oxygen saturation.

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