Should the lungs be rested or open during anaesthesia to prevent postoperative complications?

Affiliations

• ¹ Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: marcus.j.schultz@gmail.com.
• ² Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ³ Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Engineering Group, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.