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From: Beyond volutrauma in ARDS: the critical role of lung tissue deformation

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Influence of ventilatory settings in alveolar stability. Differences between end-expiratory and end-inspiratory alveolar size increase with tidal volume and decrease with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) (measured in an experimental model of lung injury). Note the synergistic relationship between these two parameters, and that PEEP may decrease the change in size in spite of high tidal volumes. Data extracted from [38].

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Critical Care

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