Table 3.
Distribution of tidal volume in different regions-of-interest (ROI) in the second set of experiments before and after induction of lung injury measured by EIT
| |
Healthy baseline |
Lavage injury |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 6 | Unit | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | p | |
| ROI 1 |
ventral / nondependent |
% |
15.1 |
11.1 |
17.1 |
16.6 |
0.647 |
| ROI 2 |
middle |
% |
58.3 |
20.2 |
76.8 |
19.5 |
0.061 |
| ROI 3 | dorsal / dependent | % | 35.7 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 0.032* |
Values are in% of the total tidal volume (ROI 1 + ROI 2 + ROI 3): sd = standard deviation, *p < 0.05.