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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV) versus Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) in difficult to wean pediatric ARDS patients: a physiologic crossover study

Patient

Age (Months)

Weight (Kg)

PARDS Cause

Comorbidities

1

10

8

Pneumonia

Prematurity

2

1

3

Pneumonia

Onphalocele, Sepsis

3

2

4.5

V. Bronchiolitis

NONE

4

5

3.8

Pneumonia

NONE

5

2

4

V. Bronchiolitis

NONE

6

3

3

Pneumonia

Prematurity

7

2

4.5

V. Bronchiolitis

NONE

8

11

10

Pneumonia

Prematurity

9

6

12

Pneumonia

Pulmonary Hypertension, BPD, NEC

10

12

10

Pneumonia

Burn

11

24

6.7

Pneumonia

Prematurity

12

1

5

Pneumonia

NONE

Mean ± SD

6.58 ± 6.77

6.20 ± 3.07

  
  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, V viral, NEC necrotizing enterocolitis, PARDS pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Kg kilogram