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From: Liver dysfunction after lung recruitment manoeuvres during pressure-controlled ventilation in experimental acute respiratory distress

Figure 1

Mean airway pressure during the trial. After the induction of acute lung injury (ALI), a recruitment manoeuvre was performed in the PCV+R group by sustained inflation and stepwise increase of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) by 3 cm H2O every 15 minutes. Recruitment was followed by stepwise reduction of PEEP according to target arterial oxygen tension. In the PCV group, level of PEEP remained at 5 cm H2O. Median values of the groups are shown. PCV, pressure-controlled ventilation; PCV+R, pressure-controlled ventilation with recruitment manoeuvre.

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