Figure 3From: Intraoperative ventilation: incidence and risk factors for receiving large tidal volumes during general anesthesia Gender and obesity characteristics of patients that needed postoperative mechanical ventilation (POMV) and ICU admission in tidal volume (V T ) subgroups. The incidence of POMV was significantly different in the VT subgroup (VT > 10 mL/kg PBW n = 18, 24.0%) compared to the other subgroups (n = 17, 11.0%, in VT < 8 mL/kg PBW and n = 29, 13.5%, in the VT 8-10 mL/kg PBW) (p = 0.028). The distribution of gender and obesity of these patients was also significantly different between VT subgroups (p = 0.022).Back to article page