Increasing abdominal pressure with and without PEEP: effects on intra-peritoneal, intra-organ and intra-vascular pressures

Table 1 Systemic hemodynamics and central temperature.

	Baseline*	PEEP	PEEP+external abdominal pressure*	External abdominal pressure*	End of experiment	P*	P ^#
Heart rate (beats/min)	80 ± 14	80 ± 19	81 ± 23	85 ± 28	83 ± 17	*0.916*
Cardiac output (ml/kg/min)	101 ± 24				96 ± 20		*0.371*
Systemic mean arterial pressure (mm Hg)	87 ± 16	84 ± 16	91 ± 18	79 ± 23	84 ± 16	*0.164*
Central venous pressure (mmHg)	8 ± 3				8 ± 3		*0.808*
Pulmonary capillary occlusion pressure (mmHg)	8 ± 3				7 ± 2		0.615
Central temperature (°C)	37.3 ± 1.2				37.5 ± 1.3		0.337

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