A Markov computer simulation model of the economics of neuromuscular blockade in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Table 6 Cohort studies of patients with ARDS published after 1999

Author	Estenssoro⁴⁶	Luhr⁴⁷	Davidson⁴⁸	Arroliga⁴⁹	Reynolds⁵⁰	Angus¹³	Fialkow⁵¹
Study type	prospective	prospective	prospective	retrospective	retrospective	prospective	retrospective
# of subjects	235	221	127	66	720	200	30
Mean age (yrs)	55	61	39	60		49	51
Severity of illness	21**	19**	73***	23**		17**	18**
Pa02/FiO2	141	131		111
ICU days (range)				12		16 (0–93)	21
Ventilator days
Hospital days (range)			28(1–150)			26 (0–117)	44
3 day mortality	34%
ICU mortality				47%			47%
In-hospital mortality	58%		43%		36%
30 day mortality		41%		49%		30.5%
6 mth mortality						44.3%
1 yr mortality			47%			44%

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