Intraoperative ventilation: incidence and risk factors for receiving large tidal volumes during general anesthesia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is a growing concern of the potential injurious role of ventilatory over-distention in patients without lung injury. No formal guidelines exist for intraoperative ventilation settings, but the use of tidal volumes (V<sub>...

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Main Authors: Fernandez-Bustamante Ana, Wood Cristina L, Tran Zung V, Moine Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2253/11/22