Effect of Recruitment Maneuvers and PEEP on Respiratory Failure After Cardiothoracic Surgery in Obese Subjects: A Randomized Controlled Trial

CONCLUSIONS: The routine use after heart surgery of a recruitment maneuver followed by 5 or 10 cm H2O of PEEP did not decrease the frequency of respiratory failure in obese subjects. A recruitment maneuver followed by 5 cm H2O of PEEP is inappropriate.PMID:33975901 | DOI:10.4187/respcare.08607

Source: Respiratory Care - May 12, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Priscilla Amaru Bertrand Delannoy Thibaut Genty Olivier Desebbe Florent Laverdure Saida Rezaiguia-Delclaux Fran çois Stéphan Source Type: research