Intraoperative Ventilatory Strategies for Prevention of Pulmonary Atelectasis in Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

F. Talab, Hesham; Zabani, Ibrahim; Saad Abdelrahman, Hassan; Bukhari, Waleed; Mamoun, Irfan; Ashour, Majed; Bin Sadeq, Bakr; Ibrahim El Sayed, Sameh

doi:10.1213/ane.0b013e3181ba7945

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Intraoperative Ventilatory Strategies for Prevention of Pulmonary Atelectasis in Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia • Oct 15, 2009

Authors:

Hesham F. Talab

Ibrahim Zabani

Hassan Saad Abdelrahman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Atelectasis occurs regularly after induction of general anesthesia, persists postoperatively, and may contribute to significant postoperative morbidity and additional health care costs. Laparoscopic surgery has been reported to be associated with an increased incidence of postoperative a...

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Medicine

Atelectasis

Pacu

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