Low tidal volume vs high tidal volume
Pneumonia · adults (aged > 16 years) without acute lung injury needing mechanical positive pressure ventilation during their surgery and undergoing…
Low tidal volume probably leads to lower pneumonia compared with high tidal volume (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Intraoperative use of low volume ventilation to decrease postoperative mortality, mechanical ventilation, lengths of… 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.45 [0.25, 0.82]7 studies · 778 participantsModerate