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Table 2 Ventilator settings before and after institution of ECMO

From: Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in three HIV-positive patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

Before ECMO

VT (ml/kg PBW) or PIP (cmH2O) or SB

RR (breaths/min)

Pplat (cmH2O)

PEEP (cmH2O)

PaO2/FiO2

Patient 1

VT 6

35

28

10

120

Patient 2

VT 6

30

29

16

90

Patient 3

VT 6

25

28

16

100

 

During ECMO

Patient 1

     

Day1

PIP 20

5

NA

10

150

Day 3

PSV / NIV 5

26

NA

8

200

Day 7

SB

28

NA

NA

180

Patient 2

     

Day1

VT 5

5

27

16

120

Day 3

VT 5

5

27

16

140

Day 7

PSV 10

22

NA

10

160

Patient 3

     

Day1

VT 5

5

26

16

100

Day 3

VT 5

5

26

16

90

Day 7

VT 5

5

26

16

90