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Table 1

From: Ventilator beyond ventilation: impact of the increase of elastic recoil pressure of a respiratory system through positive end expiratory pressure–zero positive end expiratory pressure vs manually assisted cough vs manually assisted cough adding positive end expiratory pressure 12 cmH2O on the peak expiratory flow in mechanically ventilated patients

Intervention

Peak expiratory flow

P

MAC

0.750 ± 0.262

< 0.00001

MAC PEEP 12 cmH2O

1.070 ± 0.282

< 0.0001

PEEP–ZEEP

1.088 ± 0.286

< 0.00001

  1. MAC, manually assisted cough; PEEP, positive end expiratory pressure; ZEEP, zero positive end expiratory pressure.
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