Flow-controlled ventilation (FCV) improves regional ventilation in obese patients – a randomized controlled crossover trial

Abstract Background In obese patients, high closing capacity and low functional residual capacity increase the risk for expiratory alveolar collapse. Constant expiratory flow, as provided by the new flow-controlled ventilation (FCV) mode, was shown to improve lung recruitment. We hypothesized that l...

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Main Authors: Jonas Weber, Leonie Straka, Silke Borgmann, Johannes Schmidt, Steffen Wirth, Stefan Schumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-020-0944-y