Fig. 1From: The effects of airway pressure release ventilation on respiratory mechanics in extrapulmonary lung injuryThe plateau pressure (black line at top of the red area curve) in LVt (a) is significantly lower than that of APRV (b) yet the transpulmonary pressures (blue) are statistically similar between groups. This demonstrates that the increases in plateau pressure in APRV reflects and increase in pleural pressure (red)Back to article page