Fig. 1
From: Biomedical engineer’s guide to the clinical aspects of intensive care mechanical ventilation
An idealized MV breath cycle highlighting common pressure measurements including positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), driving pressure (ΔP), peak inspiratory pressure (PIP), and plateau pressure (Pplat) and the two time components, inspiration (I) and expiration (E), that determine the I:E ratio. These measures are the most commonly monitored in practice and employed in modelling and moreover as a set can roughly describe both inspiration and expiration