A perioperative surgeon-controlled open-lung approach versus conventional protective ventilation with low positive end-expiratory pressure in cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (PROVECS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are frequent after on-pump cardiac surgery. Cardiac surgery results in a complex pulmonary insult leading to high susceptibility to perioperative pulmonary atelectasis. For technical reasons, ventilator settings interact with the surgi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-11-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2967-y |