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Table 1

From: Ventilator beyond ventilation: impact of positive end expiratory pressure on peak expiratory flow in mechanically ventilated patients under three modalities of manually assisted coughing

 

Baseline PEEP

PEEP 12 cmH2O

Unilateral MAC

0.711 ± 0.29*

0.963 ± 0.267*

Bilateral MAC

0.773 ± 0.30*

1.035 ± 0.274*

Thoracic–abdominal MAC

0.756 ± 0.26*

1.073 ± 0.288*

  1. PEEP, positive end expiratory pressure; MAC, manually assisted coughing. *P < 0.0001.
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