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Until very recently, we have been missing two vital components of the mechanics evaluation--the size of the gas-accessible compartment and the contributions of chest wall and muscle effort to the recorded airway pressure, the latter reflected by the pleural pressure.
The negativity of average pleural pressure increases in parallel with minute ventilation and the impedance of the lungs through which air flows.
Furthermore, although PEEP does increase right atrial pressure, the associated SVC-distending effect will be opposed by an accompanying identical or greater increase in pleural pressure (5).
 
 
 
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