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Table 3 Secondary outcomes

From: Intraoperative protective ventilation in patients undergoing major neurosurgical interventions: a randomized clinical trial

 

Control treatment (n = 30)

LPV strategy (n = 30)

P value

Pulmonary complication n (%)

 Overall

9 (30.0)

7 (23.3)

0.341

Grade 1

 Dyspnea not due to other documented cause

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.999

Grade 2

 Atelectasis

3 (10.0)

3 (10.0)

0.999

 Chest X-ray worsening

4 (13.3)

2 (6.6)

0.389

 Need for oxygen therapy

5 (16.7)

2 (6.6)

0.228

 Post-operative hypoxia

8 (26.7)

5 (16.7)

0.347

Grade 3

 Pneumonia

1 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

0.313

Grade 4

 Need for invasive mechanical ventilation

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.999

 Need for CPAP/NIV

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.999

Extra-Pulmonary complications

 Infective complications, n (%)

2 (6.6)

1 (3.3)

0.554

  1. CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, NIV Non-Invasive Ventilation