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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The PEEP, V (T), partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2), the plateau pressure (Pplat) of initial 3 days after enrollment in IV group [(11 + / - 2) cm H2O (1 cm H2O = 0. 098 kPa), (511 + / - 66) ml, (37 + / - 5) mm Hg (1 mm Hg = 0. 133 kPa), (21 + / - 5) cm H2O] were significant different with those of LTV group [(16 + / - 3) cm H2O, (407 + / - 58) ml, (47 + / - 8) mm Hg, (26 + / - 4) cm H2O, t = -8. 019, 6. 501, -4. 311, -4. 823, all P < 0. 01].