Figure 1. Recordings of two ventilatory cycles with fractional inspired oxygen of 0.3, at a ventilatory frequency of 25 bpm and I:E 1:1, about 15-30 min after lavage in one of the piglets: tidal volume was set to 260 ml (11 ml/kg) and positive end-expiratory pressure to 13 cm H2O (60% of the inflection point). Inspiratory flow and resulting pressure with the constant inspiratory flow pattern (left). Inspiratory pressure and resulting flow with the decelerating inspiratory flow pattern (right). Peak inspiratory pressure is abbreviated PIP.
