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Table 3 Clinical trials to assess the efficacy of open lung strategy

From: Perioperative lung protective ventilation in obese patients

Year

Author

Intervention

Recruitment maneuver

n

Weight (kg)

BMI

VT/BW

RR (breath/min)

PEEP

Outcome variables

   

Continuous pressure

   

(mL/kg)

 

(cmH2O)

Oxygenation

Atelectasis

PACU or hospital stay

Postoperative pulmonary complications

   

Paw (cmH2O)

Time (s)

          

2007

Chalhoub [128]

PEEP + RM40

40

15

26

130 (18)

44.4 (3.7)

10

12 (4)

8

↑

NA

NA

NA

  

PEEP

  

26

131 (23)

45.5 (5.3)

10

13 (3)

8

    

2009

de Souza [129]

PEEP + RM30

30

120

16

123.7 (20.6)

46.3 (5.0)

8–10

12–14/min

5

↗

NA

NA

NA

  

PEEP + RM10/15/20

Stepwise method *1

17

136.4 (26.6)

50.5 (7.2)

8–10

12–14/min

5

 

NA

NA

NA

  

PEEP

  

14

129.9 (22.4)

49.2 (6.3)

8–10

12–14/min

5

 

↗

  

↑

2011

Futier [130]

PEEP + NPPV + RM

40

40

22

128 (17)

45 (5)

8

20 (20–21)

10

↗

(EELV)

NA

NA

  

PEEP + NPPV

  

22

128 (20)

46 (2)

8

20 (20–20)

10

 

(EELV)

NA

NA

  

PEEP

  

22

130 (28)

46 (4)

8

20 (18–20)

10

    

2009

Reinius [131]

RM + PEEP

55

10

10

126 (9)

45 (5)

10

12/min

10

↑

↓

NA

NA

  

RM + ZEEP

55

10

10

130 (13)

45 (4)

10

12/min

0

→

→

NA

NA

  

PEEP

  

10

120 (14)

44 (3)

10

12/min

10

    

2009

Talab [91]

RM + PEEP10

40

7–8

20

NA

44.5 (7.0)

8–10

NA

10

↑

↓

↓

↓

  

RM + PEEP5

40

7–8

19

NA

38.3 (6.9)

8–10

NA

5

→

→

→

→

  

RM + ZEEP

  

19

NA

41.8 (7.9)

8–10

NA

0

    

2006

Whalen [96]

RM + PEEP12

Stepwise method *2

10

NA

48 (6)

12.7 (1.5)

17 (4)

12

↑

NA

→

→

  

PEEP4

  

10

NA

53 (11)

11.8 (2.6)

17 (4)

4

    
 

LBW: lean body weight

      
  1. *1: Increase in PEEP from 5 to 10–15–20 cmH2O for 2 min each.
  2. *2: Increasing in PEEP from 4 to 10 (over 3 breaths), 15 (3 breaths), and 20 (10 breaths).