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. 2015 Jun 5;128(11):1421–1427. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.157626

Table 5.

Four lung zone part difference with PEEP titration

Groups First zone Second zone Third zone Forth zone




Recruited pixels Over-distended pixels Recruited pixels Over-distended pixels Recruited pixels Over-distended pixels Recruited pixels Over-distended pixels
Nonresponders
 PEEP 20 (n = 4) 0 (0–17) 15 (4–37) 10 (1–16) 14 (3–66) 19 (10–47) 4 (1–16) 8 (5–23) 0 (0–0)
 PEEP 17 (n = 4) 0 (0–18) 19 (5–25) 10 (1–17) 5 (0–61) 19 (12–43) 4 (1–15) 6 (4–15) 0 (0–0)
 PEEP 14 (n = 5) 2 (0–21) 17 (3–24) 14 (3–29) 9 (1–44) 13 (8–52) 3 (2–5) 1 (0–14) 0 (0–1)
 PEEP 11 (n = 5) 4 (0–21) 16 (2–23) 11 (4–24) 15 (2–37) 12 (5–49) 4 (2–6) 0 (0–13) 0 (0–1)
 PEEP 8 (n = 4) 3 (0–18) 14 (4–22) 8 (5–14) 17 (6–37) 14 (2–50) 4 (2–7) 0 (0–14) 0 (0–1)
 PEEP 5 (n = 4) 5 (1–10) 10 (8–19) 7 (2–14) 15 (10–24) 8 (2–35) 4 (0–9) 0 (0–12) 0 (0–2)
Responders
 PEEP 20 (n = 11) 0 (0–7) 14 (7–33) 22 (14–48) 10 (1–36) 45 (26–72) 2 (0–6) 15 (1–23) 0 (0–3)
 PEEP 17 (n = 13) 0 (0–5) 10 (5–32) 25 (8–41) 17 (2–41) 45 (25–64) 0 (0–6) 11 (2–24) 0 (0–7)
 PEEP 14 (n = 13) 0 (0–5) 7 (3–34) 22 (9–39) 16 (0–30) 31 (15–57)§|| 0 (0–6) 11 (0–20) 0 (0–5)
 PEEP 11 (n = 12) 1 (0–14) 6 (2–13)* 29 (13–44) 6 (0–14)* 28 (13–50)§,|| 0 (0–6) 9 (2–17) 0 (0–2)
 PEEP 8 (n = 11) 3 (0–18)* 3 (1–11)* 31 (18–49) 0 (0–12)*†‡ 22 (9–48)* 0 (0–4) 7 (0–14) 0 (0–1)
 PEEP 5 (n = 9) 8 (0–14)* 3 (1–9)* 26 (17–44) 1 (0–13) 11 (4–16)* 4 (0–8) 3 (0–7) 0 (0–7)

PEEP: Positive-end expiratory pressure.