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| There is a recent trend to use higher levels of PEEP as a result of studies suggesting the ideal PEEP
should be between the lower and the upper inflection point on the pressure-volume
curve. However, increasing PEEP beyond the upper inflection point puts the patient
at significant risk for alveolar overdistension and can contribute
to ventilator-induced lung injury.
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