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Figure 4

From: Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with conventional tidal volumes for patients without acute lung injury: a preventive randomized controlled trial

Figure 4

Serial data on cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients ventilated with conventional tidal volume (solid circles) or lower tidal volumes (open circles). TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-1β = interleukin-1β; IL-6 = interleukin-6. The number of patients was 74 versus 76 (conventional versus lower tidal volumes), 55 versus 63, and 34 versus 34, respectively, at T = 0, T = 2, and T = 4 days. *P < 0.05; #P = 0.06 (Interaction time × Group).

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