Agreement between theoretical and post-illness weight, analysed with a Bland-Altman plot, n = 111.

<p>M: mean, SD: Standard Deviation. Mean difference, which is the best guess as to the “correct” result. 95% limits of agreement. When the agreement between two measures is high, the mean difference between these two measures is close to 0. The 95% limits of agreement permit visual judgement of how well two methods of measurement agree. The smaller the range between these two limits the better the agreement is.</p

Correlation between theoreti cal and post-illness weight, assessed by Pearson Correlation (n = 111).

<p>Postillness weight  = 0.978 x Theoretical weight (p<10⁻⁶).</p

Distribution of children with acute diarrhea by available methods of measure of the weight (n = 293).

<p><b>Pre-illness weight</b>: measured within 8 days before the ED visit. <b>Theoretical weight</b>: predicted from the child’s individual growth chart. <b>Post-illness weight</b>: the first weight when two consecutive daily weight measurements differed by <1%, after diarrhea and vomiting had disappeared.</p

Additional file 1: Table S1. of No increase in small-solute transport in peritoneal dialysis patients treated without hypertonic glucose for fifty-four months

Covariance parameters derived from the linear mixed model fitted on the whole data from inclusion to end of follow-up (PDF 180 kb

Patient characteristics during ICU stay.

<p>Data are n (%) or median (interquartile range).</p><p>LOD: logistic organ dysfunction; Pcuff: cuff pressure; ACV: assist control ventilation, PSV: pressure support ventilation.</p

Accuracy of all α-amylase levels, coming from all tracheal aspirates, in diagnosing microaspiration.

<p>Area under the receiver operator curve 0.56±0.05 [95% CI 0.53–0.60].</p

Patient characteristics at ICU admission.

<p>Data are n (%) or median (interquartile range).</p><p>SAPS: simplified acute physiology score; LOD: logistic organ dysfunction; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU: intensive care unit, ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.</p>#<p>p<0.05 versus microaspiration,</p>§<p>p<0.05 versus abundant microaspiration.</p><p>*Several patients had more than one cause for ICU admission.</p

Correlation between α-amylase and pepsin.

<p>r² =  O.305, P = 0.001.</p

Study flowchart.

<p>Study flowchart.</p

Mean α-amylase levels in patients with microaspiration.

<p>Mean α-amylase levels in patients with microaspiration.</p