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Table 1 Patient characteristics, preoperative pulmonary functions and operative data

From: Use of volume controlled vs. pressure controlled volume guaranteed ventilation in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery with laryngeal mask airway

 

VCV (n = 37)

PCV-VG (n = 38)

Age (year)

69.3 ± 6.4

70.6 ± 5.8

Male

18 (48.6%)

17 (44.8%)

Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)

20.4 ± 1.8

20.2 ± 2.3

ASA

 I

6 (16.2%)

8 (21.1%)

 II

31 (83.8%)

30 (78.9%)

Preoperative FVC (% of predicted)

74.8 ± 10.9

74.5 ± 9.6

Preoperative FEV1 (% of predicted)

69.5 ± 10.0

69.0 ± 8.9

Smoking

9 (24.3%)

8 (21.0%)

Hypertension

17 (45.9%)

20 (52.6%)

Diabetes mellitus

8 (21.6%)

7 (18.4%)

First insertion success rate of LMA (%)

94.6%

94.7%

Duration of pneumoperitoneum (min)

112 ± 30

110 ± 32

Duration of surgery (min)

128 ± 29

125 ± 32

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or number (percentage). BMI body mass index, ASA classification American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1st second, VCV volume-controlled ventilation, PCV-VG pressure-controlled ventilation-volume guaranteed