Table 2 Hemodynamics, pulmonary mechanics, blood gas data, and preload indicators for each time interval.

From: Effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on the predictability of fluid responsiveness in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients

Variable

PEEP 5

PEEP 10

PEEP 15

Pre Challenge

Post Challenge

HR (beats/min)

118 (22)

100 (31)

116 (22)

114 (21)

109 (21)*

SAP (mmHg)

136.9 (30.3)

134.8 (29.4)

123.2 (27.1)a,b

125.2 (25.1)

128.9 (21.5)

MAP (mmHg)

86.7 (20.9)

86.0 (19.9)

79.2 (20.1)a,b

81.5 (19.9)

85.2 (16)

CI (L/min/.m2)

3.88 (1.16)

3.78 (1.07)

3.66 (1.10)a

3.59 (1.09)

4.23 (1.31)*

SVI (mL/m2)

33.3 (8.8)

33.2 (8.2)

31.7 (8.6)a

31.6 (8.1)

38.5 (8.6)*

SVRI (dynes/sec/cm5/m2)

1555 (453)

1592 (507)

1479 (420)b

1549 (392)

1344 (535)*

Pplat (cmH2O)

20.4 (4.3)

24.32 (4.7)c

31.39 (5.3)a,b

30.36 (6.2)

29.96 (6.1)

Pmean (cmH2O)

10.39 (1.7)

15.13 (2.4)c

20.69 (2.1)a,b

19.6 (3.1)

19.7 (3.2)

Total PEEP (cm/H2O)

6.15 (1.1)

10.67 (0.8)c

15.54 (0.8)a,b

14.5 (1.5)

14.7 (1.6)

Crs (mL/cmH2O)

32.1 (14.8)

35.3 (15.0)

29.8 (14.1)b

29.9 (11.9)

30.5 (12.7)

Driving pressure (Pplat-total PEEP) (cm/H2O)

14.25 (4.3)

13.6 (4.9)

15.86 (5.4)b

15.9 (5.9)

15.3 (5.9)

SVV (%)

8.5 (5.4)

9.3 (5.3)

12.8 (7.2)a,b

11.6 (6.8)

7.8 (4.9)*

PPV (%)

5.9 (3.8)

6.2 (3.3)

9.7 (5.0)a,b

9.5 (5.4)

5.7 (3.3)*

PPV/driving-P (%)

0.46 (0.32)

0.52 (0.4)

0.68 (0.42)a,b

0.63 (0.38)

0.54 (0.69)*

PPV/Crs (%)

0.22 (0.18)

02.0 (0.12)

0.39 (0.27)a,b

0.38 (0.29)

0.24 (0.19)*

PaO2 mmHg

64.9 (17.3)

85.6 (31.1)c

89.2 (42.3)a

  

PaO2/FiO2

109.2 (54.5)

138.7 (57)c

143.8 (63.8)a

  

PaCO2 mmHg

60.8 (19.9)

60.9 (20.5)

62.4 (20)

  

SaO2 (%)

86.0 (8.9)

92.5 (5.6)c

92.7 (5.0)a

  
  1. Values are mean (SD).
  2. HR heart rate, SAP systolic arterial pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, CI cardiac index, SVI stroke volume index, SVRI systemic vascular resistance index, Pplat plateau pressure, Pmean mean airway pressure, Crs respiratory system compliance, PPV pulse pressure variation, SVV stroke volume variation.
  3. aSignificantly different between PEEP 15 and PEEP 5.
  4. bSignificantly different between PEEP 15 and PEEP 10.
  5. cSignificantly different between PEEP 10 and PEEP 5.
  6. *Significantly different between pre and post challenge.