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Figure 3

From: Short-term effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on breathing pattern: an interventional study in adult intensive care patients

Figure 3

Short-term effects of PEEP on VE in the individual patient. Results are from the investigation with PEEP steps of 30 s duration, and each coloured line shows findings for a different patient. Although VE is dispersed over a wide range, its behaviour was similar between patients (i.e. VE decreased with increasing levels of PEEP, and vice versa). PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; VE, minute ventilation.

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Critical Care

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