Effects of variable versus non-variable controlled mechanical ventilation: response to comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 124: 430-9

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jun;124(6):e224-e225. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

Authors

Jakob Wittenstein¹, Martin Scharffenberg¹, Anja Braune¹, Robert Huhle¹, Thomas Bluth¹, Moritz Herzog¹, Andreas Güldner¹, Lorenzo Ball², Francesca Simonassi², Ines Zeidler-Rentzsch¹, Marcos F Vidal Melo³, Thea Koch¹, Patricia R M Rocco⁴, Paolo Pelosi², Jörg Kotzerke¹, Marcelo Gama de Abreu¹, Thomas Kiss⁵

Affiliations

¹ Dresden, Germany.
² Genoa, Italy.
³ Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: Thomas.Kiss@ukdd.de.

PMID: 32273040
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.03.004

No abstract available

Keywords: anaesthesia; complications; mechanical ventilation; perioperative; positive end-expiratory pressure; pulmonary ventilation.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, General
Positive-Pressure Respiration*
Respiration, Artificial*