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Editorial
. 2021 Nov 15;204(10):1120-1121.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202109-2116ED.

Transpulmonary Pressure to Guide Mechanical Ventilation: Art or Science?

V Marco Ranieri  1 , Tommaso Tonetti  1 , Stefano Nava  2
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Editorial

Transpulmonary Pressure to Guide Mechanical Ventilation: Art or Science?

V Marco Ranieri et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Schematic representation of the relevant positive pressures required during controlled mechanical ventilation to generate a breath and generated by the gradient developed across the different components of the respiratory system (“transmural pressure”).
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