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Effect of chest wall stiffness and active inspiration on plateau pressure. Although transalveolar pressure and lung dimension are unchanging, airway plateau pressure is strongly influenced by chest wall compliance (left panel) and by inspiratory effort (right panel). Numbers refer to pressures (cmH2O) in the respective alveolar and pleural compartments.
