Background Protective mechanical ventilation strategies using low tidal volume or high
levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) improve outcomes for patients who have …

Postoperative pulmonary complications are associated with increased morbidity, length of
hospital stay, and mortality after major surgery. Intraoperative lung-protective mechanical …

Background Lung-protective ventilation with the use of low tidal volumes and positive end-
expiratory pressure is considered best practice in the care of many critically ill patients …

Context Lung-protective mechanical ventilation with the use of lower tidal volumes has been
found to improve outcomes of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It …

Background: Recent studies show that intraoperative mechanical ventilation using low tidal
volumes (VT) can prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). he aim of this …

BACKGROUND:: The impact of intraoperative ventilation on postoperative pulmonary
complications is not defined. The authors aimed at determining the effectiveness of …

Background Lung injury is a serious complication of surgery. We did a systematic review
and meta-analysis to assess whether incidence, morbidity, and in-hospital mortality …

During the last decade, experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated that isolated
acute brain injury (ABI) may cause severe dysfunction of peripheral extracranial organs and …

Introduction Recent cohort studies have identified the use of large tidal volumes as a major
risk factor for development of lung injury in mechanically ventilated patients without acute …

When switching from two-lung to one-lung ventilation (OLV), shunt fraction increases,
oxygenation is impaired, and hypoxemia may occur. Hypoxemia during OLV may be …