Estimation of inspiratory effort using airway occlusion maneuvers in ventilated children: a secondary analysis of an ongoing randomized trial testing a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy

Table 5 The estimated thresholds, sensitivity and specificity for detecting high and low inspiratory effort

	ΔPes < 3 N = 14	ΔPes < 5 N = 22	ΔPes > 12 N = 27	ΔPes > 15 N = 17	ΔPes > 20 N = 11
Pocc (cmH₂O)	< 4.5 N = 7	< 7.5 N = 17	> 17.9 N = 30	> 22.4 N = 12	> 29.9 N = 7
	Sens: 0.33	Sens: 0.60	Sens: 0.80	Sens: 0.63	Sens: 0.45
	Spec: 0.96	Spec: 0.93	Spec: 0.84	Spec: 0.93	Spec: 0.97
P 0.1 (cmH₂O)	< 0.5 N = 27	< 0.9 N = 39	> 2.0 N = 17	> 2.5 N = 12	> 3.4 N = 5
	Sens: 0.50	Sens: 0.65	Sens: 0.52	Sens: 0.63	Sens: 0.36
	Spec: 0.72	Spec: 0.61	Spec: 0.94	Spec: 0.97	Spec: 0.99
PMI (cmH₂O)	< − 3.8 N = 3	< − 0.4 N = 9	> 3.8 N = 23	> 6.3 N = 7	> 10.4 N = 1
	Sens: 0.13	Sens: 0.30	Sens: 0.68	Sens: 0.17	Sens: 0.0
	Spec: 0.99	Spec: 0.95	Spec: 0.86	Spec: 0.93	Spec: 0.99

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