Multiple Choice
How can the transpulmonary pressure gradient be increased?
1) Increasing alveolar pressure
2) Decreasing pleural pressure
3) Decreasing transthoracic pressure
A) 1 and 2 only
B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1 and 3 only
D) 3 only
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