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Table 2 Ventilator settings, arterial blood gases averaged on day 1 to 3 and other therapies

From: Clinical predictors of renal non-recovery in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Ventilator settings

Recovery (96)

Non-recovery (148)

p value

Spontaneous tidal volume, median (IQR), mL

474 (417–539)

499 (428–555)

0.13

Tidal volume, median (IQR), (mL/kg PBW)

7.3 (6.6–8)

7.6 (6.9–8.6)

0.01*

PEEP, median (IQR), cm H2O

10 (8–13)

11 (8.4–14)

0.08

FiO2, median (IQR)

0.7 (0.53–0.82)

0.7 (0.58–0.9)

0.24

Plateau pressure, median (IQR), cm H2O

26.5 (21.3–34.4)

27.5 (23–33)

0.45

Plateau pressure > 30 cm H2O, n (%)

22 (37.9)

29 (35.4)

0.76

Driving pressure, median (IQR), cm H2O

15.0 (11.5–19)

14.5 (12–19)

0.85

Mean airway pressure, median (IQR), cm H2O

17.7 (14.5–21.8)

18 (14.8–21.2)

0.82

Peak airway pressure, mean (SD), cm H2O

31 (6.9)

31.3 (7.6)

0.82

Minute ventilation, median (IQR), L/min

11 (9.2–12.9)

11.6 (9.9–13.5)

0.20

Arterial blood gas

 Arterial pH, median (IQR)

7.36 (7.3–7.41)

7.35 (7.29–7.39)

0.06

 PaCO2, median (IQR), mm Hg

43.7 (38–51.2)

41.3 (34.8–48)

0.07

 PaO2, median (IQR), mm Hg

87.7 (74.8–112)

87.3 (76–109.2)

0.93

 PaO2:FiO2, median (IQR)

138 (111–178)

138 (95–195)

0.94

 Oxygenation index, median (IQR)

15.6 (9.2–23.5)

13.9 (9.1–24.4)

0.89

Rescue therapies, n (%)

 Continuous neuromuscular blocking agents

27 (28.1)

72 (48.6)

0.001*

 Inhaled vasodilators

18 (18.8)

46 (31.1)

0.03*

 Prone positioning

14 (14.6)

20 (13.5)

0.81

 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

3 (3.1)

4 (2.7)

1.00

 Recruitment maneuvers

3 (3.1)

17 (11.5)

0.02*

 High frequency oscillatory ventilation

2 (2.1)

9 (6.1)

0.21

Other therapies

 Sedative drugs, n (%)

77 (80.2)

117 (79.1)

0.83

 Analgesic drugs, n (%)

70 (72.9)

106 (71.6)

0.83

 Antipsychotic drugs, n (%)

48 (50)

56 (37.8)

0.06

 Furosemide on day 2–7, n (%)

63 (65.6)

71 (48)

0.01*

 Fluid overload on day 7, mean (SD), %

5.5 (8.2)

10 (8.7)

0.003*

  1. FiO2 = fraction of inspired oxygen, IQR = interquartile range, PaCO2 = partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood, PaO2 = partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood, PBW = predicted body weight, PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure, SD = standard deviation
  2. *p < 0.05 when compared with patients complete renal recovery