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Fig. 6 | Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Fig. 6

From: Personalizing mechanical ventilation according to physiologic parameters to stabilize alveoli and minimize ventilator induced lung injury (VILI)

Fig. 6

Use of the pressure/volume (P/V) curve to personalize PEEP. The shape of the P/V curve changes from normal (N) and differs greatly with emphysema (E) or acute pulmonary failure (APF). The P/V relationship during tidal ventilation is depicted in the shaded area with and without PEEP. RV regional volume at which alveoli collapse, FRC functional residual capacity, and TLC total lung capacity. Central drawing of alveoli size changes along the P/V curve [91]

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