Fig. 2

Results of changing driving pressure and PEEP (a-c) on dynamic strain (d-f), intra-tidal recruitment (g-i) and mechanical power (j-l). Subplots d–i also indicate the mortality risk rates (red) published in Amato et al. (12) for the same changes in airway pressure and PEEP (a-c and listed at the foot of the figure) shown here. Blue crosses show mean values in the population and the error bars represent 1 standard deviation