Fig. 3

Proportion of patients surviving to hospital discharge (“Alive”) and proportion breathing without mechanical ventilation (“Extubated”), comparing subjects who received a diuretic during hours 48–72 after meeting ARDS criteria (solid line, “Received diuretic”) with those who did not (dotted line “No diuretic”). Time points for breathing without mechanical ventilation, represent the times of final extubation from mechanical ventilation during the study hospitalization among patients who survived to discharge. Overall, 4 patients died more than 30 days after meeting ARDS criteria, and 16 patients survived to discharge without mechanical ventilation but were extubated more than 30 days after meeting ARDS criteria