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Table

From: The effects of increasing levels of PEEP on oxygenation and lung perfusion in pigs with unilateral lung injury

 

Lung injury with HCl (n = 8)

Control (n = 6)

 

ZEEP

PEEP5

PEEP10

ZEEP

PEEP5

PEEP10

PaO2 (mmHg)

407±17*

471±11*

468±22*

470±22

488±12

525±14

MAP (mmHg)

75±8**

65±5**

45±8**

67±11**

61±11**

53±9**

CO (l/min)

3.6±0.2**

2.9±0.2**

2.0±0.1**

3.8±0.4**

3.2±0.2**

2.6±0.2**

Left lung perfusion (% of total)

30±3*

30±4*

30±3*

50±1.6

47±1.1

57±1.8

Left lung TV (% of total)

29±1.6*

32±1.2*

33±1.2*

45±0.8*

47±1*

46±0.6*

  1. Mean±SEM; CO=cardiac output, MAP=mean arterial pressure, TV=tidal volume. *P <0.05 for effects of group. **P <0.05 for effects of PEEP.
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