Lung protective ventilation strategy to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: A randomized double blinded clinical trial.

Journal: Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of ventilation with low tidal volume and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC) for bladder cancer.

Authors

  • Dan Huang
    Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China.; Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
  • Shujing Zhou
    Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China.; Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
  • Zhangjie Yu
    Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
  • Jie Chen
    School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
  • Hong Xie
    University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.