Is There Any Association between PEEP and Upper Extremity DVT?

Table 3

Odds ratios for significant predictors of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis adjusted for sepsis and PEEP.

Predictors	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	value
BMI ≥ 40 (kg/m^2)	3.818 (0.947–15.401)	0.060
CHF	4.321 (1.018–18.337)	0.047
Sepsis	1.525 (0.599–3.881)	0.376
Duration of MV ≥ 13 days	0.292 (0.105–0.816)	0.019
Average PEEP over 7 days (cm H2O)	1.067 (0.916–1.243)	0.408

BMI: body mass index, CHF: congestive heart failure, MV: mechanical ventilation, and PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure.