PEEP guided by electrical impedance tomography during one-lung ventilation in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.

Journal: Annals of translational medicine
Published Date: Dec 1, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To examine the influence of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) settings on lung mechanics and oxygenation in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.

Authors

  • Kun Liu
    Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
  • Chengya Huang
    Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
  • Meiying Xu
    Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
  • Jingxiang Wu
    Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
  • Inez Frerichs
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
  • Knut Moeller
    Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
  • Zhanqi Zhao
    Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.

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