Fig. 2From: Effects of intraoperative PEEP optimization on postoperative pulmonary complications and the inflammatory response: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialConsolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flowchart. PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure, PCT procalcitonin, ABGs arterial blood gas sample, CVBGs central venous blood gas sample, Cstat static pulmonary compliance, Vds/Vt dead space fraction, Raw airway resistance, MAP mean arterial pressure, ARM alveolar recruitment maneuver, PRBC packed red blood cell, FFP fresh frozen plasma, IAP intraabdominal pressureBack to article page