New setting of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist for noninvasive ventilation by facial mask: a physiologic study

Table 1 Patient characteristics at enrolment

Patient	Weight: kg	BMI: kg/m²	Admission pathology	SAPSII	PEEP: cmH₂O	PS: cmH₂O	FiO₂
1	90	27.8	SE-COPD	38	10	14	0.40
2	92	29.1	SE-COPD	34	10	14	0.50
3	70	23.7	Pneumonia	28	10	10	0.40
4	87	28.2	Sepsis	37	5	15	0.35
5	75	24.5	Polytrauma	44	5	12	0.30
6	80	26.1	Polytrauma	29	5	15	0.35
7	64	23.5	Pneumonia	38	5	12	0.40
8	70	25.7	Pneumonia	38	5	8	0.50
9	60	22.0	Pneumonia	27	5	10	0.40
10	67	24.1	SE-COPD	39	7	12	0.35
11	50	19.5	Pneumonia	56	5	10	0.40
12	60	20.8	Pneumonia	57	7	12	0.40
13	58	19.6	CPE	47	8	10	0.40
14	70	25.1	Sepsis	40	5	10	0.40

BMI body mass index, SAPSII Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure, PS pressure support, FiO ₂ inspired fraction of oxygen, SE-COPD severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPE cardiac pulmonary edema

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