Vital capacity manoeuvre in general anaesthesia: Useful or useless?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-259

  Oczenski, Wolfgang ^a   Schwarz, S ^a   Fitzgerald, R D ^a  

^a City of Vienna Hospital Lainz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general, postoperative complications; Lung diseases, atelectasis; Positive pressure respiration, positive end expiratory pressure; Respiratory mechanics, vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; VITAL CAPACITY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATELECTASIS; HUMANS; LUNG; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 1842763851     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504004016     Document Type: Review

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