Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during anaesthesia for prevention of mortality and postoperative pulmonary complications

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Barbosa, Fabiano T ^a   Castro, Aldemar A ^b   de Sousa Rodrigues, Célio F ^c  

^a Department of Clinical Medicine   (Brazil)

^b Department of Public Health   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BAROTRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MECHANICAL RESPIRATORY SUPPORT; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZERO END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84942759081     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007922.pub3     Document Type: Review

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