Fig. 2
From: Driving pressure: a marker of severity, a safety limit, or a goal for mechanical ventilation?
Airway (black line) and esophageal (gray line) pressure in an experimental model of abdominal hypertension secondary to pneumoperitoneum in pigs (data not published). During volume-controlled ventilation (Vt 10 mL/kg and PEEP 5 cm H2O), increases in intra abdominal pressure (IAP) from 5 (left) to 15 (middle) and 25 cm H2O (right) induced an increase in plateau pressure and driving pressure. However, driving transpulmonary pressure (arrows) remained constant