Associations between intraoperative ventilator settings during one-lung ventilation and postoperative pulmonary complications: a prospective observational study

Table 3 Ventilator setting during OLV of patients with and without PPCs

	Patients with PPCs (N = 51)	Patients without PPCs (N = 146)	P value
Ventilator setting during OLV
Mode (PCV) - no. (%)	46 (90.2)	135 (92.5)	0.62
TWA F_IO₂	0.85 (0.73-1.0)	0.77 (0.63-0.89)	0.0032
TWA V_T - ml/kg	6.2 (5.2-7.4)	6.1 (5.4-7.0)	0.8495
TWA ΔP - cmH₂O	18 (15-21)	16 (15-18)	0.0717
TWA PEEP - cmH₂O	4 (4-5)	4 (4-5)	0.1504

Ventilator settings are shown as n (%) or medians (interquartile range)
OLV one-lung ventilation, PPCs postoperative pulmonary complications, PCV pressure control ventilation, TWA time weighted average, F_IO₂ inspiratory oxygen fraction, V_T tidal volume, ΔP driving pressure, PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure

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