First author [ref.] | Type | Year | Patient n | Prevalent disease | Support | Improved patients % | Pa,O2 supine kPa | Pa,O2 prone kPa | Survival % |
Piehl 4 | R | 1976 | 5 | M | FA | 100 | 9.6±1.7 | 14.1±1.2 | 60 |
Douglas 5 | P | 1977 | 6 | M | FA | 100 | 8.4±1.3 | 18.4±8.9 | 50 |
Gattinoni 18 | P | 1991 | 10 | M | FA | 30 | 9.3±0.9 | 15.4±4.3 | 60 |
Pelosi 22 | P | 1998 | 17 | PR | FA | 76 | 13.3±3.5 | 16.6±3.6 | 59 |
Blanch 23 | P | 1997 | 23 | M | NS | 67 | 9.3±3.6# | 12.0±7.0 | 52 |
Servillo 24 | P | 1997 | 12 | S | FA | 83 | 16.4±2.9 | 20.3±2.3 | 42 |
Guerin 25 | P | 1999 | 12 | U | FA | 67 | 18.1±2.3 | 27.1±3.2 | 58 |
Langer 26 | P | 1988 | 13 | M | U | 62 | 9.2±1.1 | 14.8±2.7 | 54 |
Chatte 27 | P | 1997 | 32 | PR | U | 31 | 13.3±4.8 | 23.9±4.9 | 44 |
Gattinoni 28 | P | 1997 | 54 | M | FA | 76 | 16.4±5.3# | 25.9±9.3 | 54 |
Germann 39 | P | 1998 | 47 | PR | U | 74 | 15.3¶ | 21.9 | 91 |
Papazian 40 | P | 1998 | 14 | PR | U | 64 | 17.0±5.9# | 25.7±11.0 | 85 |
Martinez 41 | P | 1999 | 14 | PR | FA | 41 | 14.6±7.3# | 21.4±11.8 | 43 |
Dupont 42 | P | 2000 | 27 | M | U | 74 | 12.2±3.5# | 22.5±10.1 | 37 |
Jolliet 43 | P | 1997 | 12 | PR | U | 58 | 8.2±0.9 | 9.6±1.9 | 33 |
Albert 50 | R | 1993 | 9 | M | FA | 78 | 8.4±2.0 | 30.7±16.1 | |
Walz 51 | R | 1992 | 16 | U | U | 100 | |||
Shichinohe 52 | R | 1991 | 7 | U | U | 100 | |||
Thulig 53 | C | 1991 | 1 | U | U | 100 | 8.9 | 11.8 | |
Faller 54 | L | 1988 | 3 | U | U | 100 | 13.7±3.3 | 26.2±3.9 | |
Manara 55 | L | 1987 | 4 | U | U | 75 | 39.9±7.0+ | 19.0±2.0 | 25 |
Pappert 56 | P | 1994 | 12 | S | NS | 56 | 9.8±1.5 | 16.4±3.9 | 58 |
Vollman 57 | P | 1996 | 15 | PR | U | 60 | 11.6±1.9 | 13.6±4.4 | |
Brussel 58 | P | 1993 | 10 | U | U | 74 | 9.7±3.9 | 13.4±5.2 | 90 |
Voggenreiter 59 | P | 1999 | 22 | U | U | 90 | 19.8±1.1# | 39.5±4.0 | 82 |
Wenz 60 | P | 2000 | 10 | M | U | 80 | 20.0±4.9 | 29.3±2.3 | 90 |
Friedrich 61 | P | 1996 | 20 | M | U | 60 | 12.9±0.5 | 20.2±2.0 | 90 |
Mure 62 | P | 1997 | 13 | S | FA | 92 | 69.7±18.1+ | 34.3±18.8 | 69 |
Flaatten63 | P | 1998 | 14 | S | FA | 90 | 11.7±0.8 | 18±1.4 | 57 |
P: prospective
R: retrospective
C: case report
L: letter
M: primary/secondary acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) between 20–80%
PR: >80% primary ARDS
S: >80% secondary ARDS
U: data not available
FA: free abdomen
NS: not supported
Pa,O2: arterial oxygen pressure
#: arterial oxygen tension/inspiratory oxygen fraction
¶: median
+: alveolar-arterial oxygen pressure difference