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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2016 May 24;64(3):681–689. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2016.2572678

Table II.

Nonlinear volume-dependent elastance index (%E3) at three PEEP levels (5, 10, and 15 cm H2O) and three tidal volumes (10, 15, and 20 mL kg−1)

Tidal Volumes 05 cm H2O PEEP 10 cm H2O PEEP 15 cm H2O PEEP
10 mL kg−1 −52.2% 7.3% 20.9%
15 mL kg−1 −40.9% 15.5% 21.6%
20 mL kg−1 −26.0% 14.9% 36.8%