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Taken from "Exogenous pulmonary surfactant for the treatment of adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: results of a meta-analysis"
Critical Care 2006;10(2):R41-R41.
Published online 8 Mar 2006
PMCID:PMC1550886.
This Forest plot represents the mean difference in the change in the PaO:FiOratio (mmHg) of surfactant compared with controls. A positive value (i.e. right of 0) indicates that treatment with surfactant resulted in improved oxygenation at 24 hours compared with controls. Areas of boxes are proportional to the respective study weight within the corresponding pooled analysis (see also weight values on the right). Eur-SA, European–South African trial; NA, North American trial.