Protective ventilation during surgery: Do lower tidal volumes really matter?

David Lagier, Marcos F Vidal Melo

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Article in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

Distribution and Magnitude of Regional Volumetric Lung Strain and Its Modification by PEEP in Healthy Anesthetized and Mechanically Ventilated Dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022
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Evaluation of Lung Aeration and Respiratory System Mechanics in Obese Dogs Ventilated With Tidal Volumes Based on Ideal vs. Current Body Weight.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David LagierService d'Anesthésie Réanimation Cardiovasculaire, CHU La Timone, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: dlagier@mgh.harvard.edu.

Marcos F Vidal MeloDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

1/2: An Anesthesia-Centered Bundle to Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: The PRIME-AIR StudyUH3HL140177 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FERNANDEZ-BUSTAMANTE, ANA, VIDAL MELO, MARCOS F · 2020 to 2023

$6.6M

Regional Tidal Lung Strain and Neutrophilic Inflammation in Early Lung InjuryR01HL121228 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI VIDAL MELO, MARCOS F · 2014 to 2023

$6.2M

NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL121228NHLBI NIH HHS UH3 HL140177

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Positive-Pressure RespirationRespiration, ArtificialHumansTidal VolumeGeneral anaesthesiaPostoperative pulmonary complicationsTidal volume

Identifiers

PMID33493629

DOI10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100807

PMCPMC9846859

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