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Representative tracings of volume, flow, and airway, oesophageal and nondependent pleural pressures during an occlusion test. The increase of airway, oesophageal and nondependent pleural pressures of the same magnitude during gentle thoracic compression (white arrows) ensures the correct placement of the pleural catheter and oesophageal balloon.
