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. 2021 Apr 19;9:21. doi: 10.1186/s40635-021-00377-9

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Portions of lung tissue classified as not aerated, poorly aerated, normally aerated and hyperinflated among PETCO2/PaCO2 ratio quartiles to the response of step increase of PEEP at 5, 15 and 45 cmH2O. The asterisk denotes p < 0.001 among the portions of tissue throughout PETCO2/PaCO2 ratio quartiles for Mann–Whitney test. The dollar denotes p < 0.001 among portions of lung tissue to the response to PEEP for Wilcoxon test