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Fig. 2

From: Experimental blunt chest trauma – cardiorespiratory effects of different mechanical ventilation strategies with high positive end-expiratory pressure: a randomized controlled study

Fig. 2

Representative CT image taken during breath-hold at end-inspiratory pressure at the level of the contusion 90 min after the pulmonary contusion. Left and right upside down arrows show the chest tubes used to drain bilateral pneumothoraces. Arrows in the right and left lung show the opacification directly caused by contusion and “contre-coup”, respectively

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BMC Anesthesiology

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