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

Mean α-amylase levels in patients with microaspiration.

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

Alpha amylase results.

#<p>p<0.05 versus microaspiration.</p>§<p>p<0.05 versus abundant microaspiration.</p><p>*Youden’s index.</p

Study flowchart.

<p>Study flowchart.</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

Number of patients randomly assigned to the antibiotic group with different concentrations of microorganisms in the endotracheal aspirate at different time points

Five patients had polymicrobial ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT).<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Antimicrobial treatment for ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study"</p><p>http://ccforum.com/content/12/3/R62</p><p>Critical Care 2008;12(3):R62-R62.</p><p>Published online 2 May 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2481443.</p><p></p

Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients randomly assigned to the antibiotic and control groups

The dashed line represents the cumulative survival for patients randomly assigned to the antibiotic group, the solid line represents the cumulative survival for patients randomly assigned to the no antibiotic group, and + represents censored patients. = 0.047 by the log rank test. ICU, intensive care unit.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Antimicrobial treatment for ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study"</p><p>http://ccforum.com/content/12/3/R62</p><p>Critical Care 2008;12(3):R62-R62.</p><p>Published online 2 May 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2481443.</p><p></p

MOESM1 of Respiratory changes of the inferior vena cava diameter predict fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients with cardiac arrhythmias

Additional file 1: Figure S1. A, Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve of the collapsibility index (cIVC-st) and the inspiratory diameter (iIVC-st) of the inferior vena cava during a standardized inspiratory maneuver before volume expansion (VE) to discriminate responders from nonresponders to VE in the overall population. B, ROC curve of the collapsibility index (cIVC-sp) and the inspiratory diameter (iIVC-sp) of the inferior vena cava during unstandardized spontaneous breathing before VE to discriminate responders from nonresponders to VE in the overall population. Figure S2. A, Linear correlation between the collapsibility index of the inferior vena cava under standardized breathing (cIVC-st) before volume expansion (VE) and VE-induced change in the velocity time integral of aortic blood flow (VTIao). B, Linear correlation between the inspiratory diameter of the inferior vena cava under standardized breathing (iIVC-st) before VE and VE-induced change in VTIao. Figure S3. Scatterplot of individual values before volume expansion (VE) for the collapsibility index (cIVC-sp), minimum-inspiratory diameter (iIVC-sp), and the end-expiratory diameter of the inferior vena cava (eIVC-sp) under unstandardized spontaneous breathing in responders and nonresponders to VE