The Pressure-Volume curve, how to set PEEP

Andro Youakim, Ehab G Daoud

Abstract

Figure 1: Pressure-Volume curve. Horizontal axis is airway pressure in cmH2O, vertical axis is resultant tidal volume in ml. LIP: Lower
inflection point, HIP: high or upper inflection point, PMC: point of maximum curvature or expiratory inflection point.

Keywords

Pressure-Volume curve, PEEP

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