Static compliance of the respiratory system in COVID-19 related ARDS: an international multicenter study

Table 2 Outcome according to day-1 compliance of the respiratory system

	Crs < 35.4 n = 186	Crs > 35.4 n = 186	P value^a
Breathing without assistance at day-28, n (%)	66 (36)	81 (44)	0.17
Day-28 VFD, median (IQR)	0 (0–11)	0 (0–12.5)	0.20
Day-14 Ventilatory mode
Death	50 (27)	38 (20)	0.48
Controlled or VV-ECMO	60 (33)	65 (35)
Pressure support	38 (21)	42 (23)
Extubated	35 (19)	41 (22)
Alive at day-14, n (%)	135 (73)	148 (80)	0.14
Alive at day-28, n (%)	110 (60)	131 (71)	0.03
Pulmonary embolism, n (%)	18 (10)	33 (18)	0.03
VV-ECMO, n (%)	31 (17)	15 (8)	0.02

IQR interquartile range, VV-ECMO veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, VFD ventilator free days, Crs static compliance of the respiratory system
^aP value was calculated by Fisher exact test, t test or Mann–Whitney test as appropriate

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