Keywords

MV, mechanical ventilation, Rap, right atrial pressure, Paw, airway pressure, Vt, tidal volume, Pms, mean systemic pressure, RV, right ventricle, RVEDP, right ventricular end diastolic pressure, PAC, pulmonary artery catheter, PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance, TLC, total lung capacity, FRC, functional residual capacity, PAO2, decreased alveolar oxygen tension, LV, left ventricular, mechanical ventilation, atelectatic alveoli, thoracic computed tomography, intrathoracic pressure, airway pressure, tidal volume