Figure 2From: Spontaneous breathing with airway pressure release ventilation favors ventilation in dependent lung regions and counters cyclic alveolar collapse in oleic-acid-induced lung injury: a randomized controlled computed tomography trialRegional distribution of tidal gas volume. Tidal changes in gas distribution of diaphragmatic slices between a nondependent region of interest (ROI) and a dependent ROI during airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) with or without spontaneous breathing (+SB/-SB). Data presented as the percentage (mean ± standard error of the mean) of the total gas volume of voxels for each ROI. ##P < 0.01, interaction of factor ROI with factor ventilatory mode, suggesting that the ventilatory mode has a significant influence on the regional distribution of tidal volume. *P < 0.05 between ventilatory groups (post hoc results given only if significant).Back to article page