ArticleAnaesthesia2017
The association of postoperative pulmonary complications in 109,360 patients with pressure-controlled or volume-controlled ventilation.
Article in Anaesthesia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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- AutoFlow® versus volume-controlled ventilation for laparoscopic gynecological surgery using LMA® ProSeal™: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2021Trial
- Pressure-Controlled Ventilation-Volume Guaranteed Mode Combined with an Open-Lung Approach Improves Lung Mechanics, Oxygenation Parameters, and the Inflammatory Response during One-Lung Ventilation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international · 2020Trial
- Comparison of pressure- and volume-controlled ventilation during laparoscopic colectomy in patients with colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Lung ultrasound score-based perioperative assessment of pressure-controlled ventilation-volume guaranteed or volume-controlled ventilation in geriatrics: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Trial
- Intraoperative mechanical ventilation management in COPD: A state of the art review.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Review
- Assessment of mortality risk by respiratory rate-specific quartiles in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in Mexico.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Observational
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- Clinical practice of one-lung ventilation in mainland China: a nationwide questionnaire survey.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- Comparative study of ventilation techniques with supraglottic airway devices in cats: volume-controlled vs pressure-controlled techniques.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- The association of intraoperative low driving pressure ventilation and nonhome discharge: a historical cohort study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
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- Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: A 2021 Update.World journal of surgery · 2022Review
- Effects of pressure- and volume-controlled ventilation on the work of breathing in cats using a cuffed endotracheal tube.Veterinary world · 2021Article
- Ventilatory frequency during intraoperative mechanical ventilation and postoperative pulmonary complications: a hospital registry study.British journal of anaesthesia · 2020Article
- Intraoperative ventilator settings and their association with postoperative pulmonary complications in neurosurgical patients: post-hoc analysis of LAS VEGAS study.BMC anesthesiology · 2020Observational
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- Perioperative anaesthetic management of patients with or at risk of acute distress respiratory syndrome undergoing emergency surgery.BMC anesthesiology · 2019Review
- How I ventilate an obese patient.Critical care (London, England) · 2019Article
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Abstract
We thought that the rate of postoperative pulmonary complications might be higher after pressure-controlled ventilation than after volume-controlled ventilation. We analysed peri-operative data recorded for 109,360 adults, whose lungs were mechanically ventilated during surgery at three hospitals in Massachusetts, USA. We used multivariable regression and propensity score matching. Postoperative pulmonary complications were more common after pressure-controlled ventilation, odds ratio (95%CI) 1.29 (1.21-1.37), p < 0.001. Tidal volumes and driving pressures were more varied with pressure-controlled ventilation compared with volume-controlled ventilation: mean (SD) variance from the median 1.61 (1.36) ml.kg
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