Table 5.

Methods for bedside PEEP selection.

Method	Characteristics
Lung Open Ventilation (LOV) study [72]	Setting PEEP as for the PEEP/FiO2 table of the lung open ventilation arm of LOV trial
ExPress [85]	Maintain an inspiratory plateau pressure between 28 and 30 cm H2O according to the increased recruitment strategy of the ExPress trial
Stress Index [86]	Obtain a stress index coefficient of 1
Esophageal pressure [87]	Setting PEEP targeting an absolute end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure of 0–10 cm H2O