Figure 4From: Biphasic positive airway pressure minimizes biological impact on lung tissue in mild acute lung injury independent of etiologyMean arterial pressure of animals with pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome. ALIexp: extrapulmonary acute lung injury; ALIp: pulmonary acute lung injury; BIVENT: biphasic positive airway pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure; PCV: pressure-controlled ventilation. Values are means ± SD of six rats at each time point. #Significantly different from PCV (P < 0.05).Back to article page