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. 2016 Jun 27;16:30. doi: 10.1186/s12871-016-0196-z

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Bronchoscopic suctioning. Bronchoscope insertion and suctioning with altered tube size (ETT 9 mm, 8 mm and 7 mm ID); presented as described in Fig. 3. Bronchoscopic suctioning reduced model airway pressures and tidal volume more than closed catheter suctioning in all ETT sizes, most pronounced in 7 mm ID ETT