Table 1

Patient characteristics
Patient
 Sex
 Age (years)
 BMI (kg/m2)
 PaO2/FiO2
 Fio2
 PEEP
 Diagnosis
 Study day
1
 F
 69
 29.14
 230.0
 0.40
 6
 Chemical poisoning
 28
2
 F
 74
 29.38
 240.0
 0.35
 15
 Pneumonia
 12
3
 F
 60
 27.55
 293.3
 0.30
 3
 Septic shock
 38
4
 M
 49
 24.69
 380.0
 0.40
 2
 Septic shock in polytrauma
 79
5
 M
 67
 22.86
 280.0
 0.40
 8
 Haemorragic shock
 29
6
 M
 65
 31.25
 237.1
 0.35
 2
 Post-anoxic coma
 9
7
 M
 47
 30.47
 274.3
 0.40
 4
 Polytrauma
 50
8
 F
 34
 22.04
 410.0
 0.30
 11
 Pneumonia
 5
9
 M
 69
 27.78
 153.3
 0.45
 11
 Septic shock
 37
Mean
59.3
 27.2
 277.6
 0.37
 6.9
31.9
SD
13.2
 3.3
 78.3
 0.1
 4.6
23.1

BMI, body mass index; F, female; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; M, male; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure.

Aliverti et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R54   doi:10.1186/cc4867