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Effect of driving pressure-guided positive end-expiratory pressure on respiratory mechanics and clinical outcomes in surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Yu-Han Sun, Xing-Long Yang, Bin-Bin Dong, Qi Liu

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Synthesis in Annals of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yu-Han SunDepartment of Emergency, Emergency Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.
Xing-Long YangDepartment of Emergency, Emergency Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.
Bin-Bin DongDepartment of Emergency, Emergency Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.
Qi LiuDepartment of Emergency, Emergency Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-9868-3705

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntraoperative driving pressure-guided positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP

methodsPubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Embase were searched from inception to May 2024 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the effect of PEEP

resultsNineteen RCTs involving 3744 patients were included. The mean of PEEP

conclusionsPEEP

Indexed as

Positive-Pressure RespirationPostoperative ComplicationsRespiratory MechanicsHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment Outcomedriving pressureintraoperative lung protective ventilationlung injurypositive end-expiratory pressureRespiratory mechanics

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PMID40781750
PMCPMC12337742

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