From: The effects of sustained inflation and post-inflation PEEP in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pneumonia and traumatic lung contusion
Baseline
15th minute
First hour
Fourth hour
Sixth hour
ANOVA (P)
Pneumonia
111 ± 31
151 ± 53
179 ± 76**
183 ± 90**
175 ± 71*
0.0015
Lung contusion
106 ± 29
180 ± 66*
205 ± 70**
213 ± 92***
213 ± 116***
0.0002