Pulmonary complement depositions in autopsy of critically ill patients have no relation with ARDS

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 2 Ventilation characteristics

ARDS vs non-ARDS	ARDS	Non-ARDS	P value
	N = 12	N = 24
48 h prior to death
Driving pressure, median [IQR]	17.0 [12.4–22.8]	13.0 [11.0–19.8]	0.160
PEEP, median [IQR]	13.5 [7.4–15.8]	7.0 [5.0–13.0]	0.048
Pulmonary compliance, median [IQR]	25.2 [19.8–41.2]	30.6 [23.2–43.9]	0.394
PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio, median [IQR]	160 [108–192]	190 [170–274]	0.031
Tidal volume IBW, median [IQR]	7.0 [5.9–8.1]	7.1 [6.3–7.8]	0.857
24 h prior to death
Driving pressure, median [IQR]	18.8 [14.5–22.0]	17.0 [12.0–20.5]	0.210
PEEP, median [IQR]	13.5 [6.5–15.0]	5.0 [5.0–10.5]	0.031
Pulmonary compliance, median [IQR]	26.6 [19.1–33.9]	30.1 [25.4–41.7]	0.238
PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio, median [IQR]	116 [93–186]	189 [160–276]	0.010
Tidal volume IBW, median [IQR]	6.6 [5.9–8.2]	6.8 [6.4–8.1]	0.542

PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure, PaO₂ partial arterial oxygen pressure, FiO₂ fraction of inspired oxygen, IBW ideal body weight