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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Chest. 2007 Nov 7;133(5):1113–1119. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-1481

Figure 1.

Figure 1

One-year survival for levels of PEEP utilized within the first 24 hours of mechanical ventilation after ICU admission. PEEP <=5 cmH2O, median time survival >350 days. PEEP 5–10 cmH2O, median time survival 32 days. PEEP >10 cmH2O, median time survival 5.8 days (95% CI, 3.5 to 8). Log-Rank, p=<0.001.