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. 2021 Sep 3;36(4):1173–1180. doi: 10.1007/s10877-021-00751-8

Table 2.

Measurements of the airway and esophageal pressures and derived parameters

Mean ± SD Min Max
Esephageal pressure, Pes end-insp plato, cmH2O 10 ± 8 − 4.29
Esephageal pressure Pes end-exp, cmH2O 7 ± 7 − 6.23
Esephageal pressure, Pespeak, cmH2O 9 ± 9 − 4.28
Esephageal pressure, Pesplato, cmH2O 10 ± 8 − 1.5.29
Esephageal pressure, Pesexp, cmH2O 6 ± 7 − 6.3
Esephageal pressure, Pes ZEEP, cmH2O 1.8 ± 4,3 − 9.13
Ppeak, cmH2O 28 ± 6 17.38
Plato pressure, Pplat, cmH2O 22 ± 5 14.32
Pexpiratory, cmH2O 6 ± 3 0.5 16
Elastance of respiratory system, ERS, cmH2O/L 36.7 ± 13 20.79
Elastance of lung, EL, cmH2O/L 28.2 ± 17 − 40.65
Elastance of chest wall, ECW, cmH2O/L 10.5 ± 16 − 3.90
EL/ERS,% 0.75 ± 0.35 − 0.80.1
Inspiratory transpulmonary pressure, PLD direct method, cmH2O 13 ± 9 − 2.29
Inspiratory transpulmonary pressure PLR released derived method, cmH2O 11.4 ± 9,4 − 4.1.28.7
Inspiratory transpulmonary pressure, elastance derived PLE, cmH2O 18 ± 9 2.45
PLexpiratory, cmH2O, expiratory measurement 0.54 ± 7.7 − 21.12
Mechanical ventilation parameters
PEEPi, cmH2O 2.6 ± 3.1 0.5–13
Tidal volume, VT, mL 434 ± 38 354–520
FiO2,% 43 ± 15 40–100
Respiratory rate, rate/min 17 ± 4 12–31
PEEP set, cmH2O 5 5–5