A review of intraoperative protective ventilation

• Published in: ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PERIOPERATIVE SCIENCE Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Zou, Yuanyuan, Liu, Zhiyun, Miao, Qing, Wu, Jingxiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 06.02.2024; Springer
• Subjects: Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine; Intensive; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosciences; One-lung ventilation; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Postoperative pulmonary complications; Protective ventilation; Review Article; Surgery; One-lung ventilation; Postoperative pulmonary complications; Protective ventilation

Mechanical ventilation is an important life-saving therapy for general anesthesia and critically ill patients, but ventilation itself may be accompanied with lung injury. Ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) exacerbates pre-existing lung disease, leading to poor clinical outcomes. Especially for pa...