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Fig. 2

From: Effects of changes in trunk inclination on ventilatory efficiency in ARDS patients: quasi-experimental study

Fig. 2

Effects of trunk postural change on PaCO2 and Bohr’s dead space. A PaCO2 and B Bohr’s dead space (VDBohr/VT). Twenty-two ARDS patients on pressure-controlled ventilation underwent three 60-min steps in which the trunk inclination was changed from 45° (baseline) to 10° (intervention) and back to 45° (control). Scatter-box-violin plot summary values. The box depicts the 25th to 75th percentiles [IQR], the error bars denote the 10th to 90th percentiles, and the horizontal bar shows the median. Intergroup difference. Post hoc Bonferroni P values: *p < 0.05: STEP II (°10) vs. STEP I (45°); **p < 0.05: STEP III (45°) vs. STEP II (10°)

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