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ArticleCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

Intraoperative ventilation settings in Germany: an observational multicentre cross-sectional study.

Linda Grüßer, András Keszei, Rolf Rossaint, Berit Zingraf, Julia Wallqvist, Sebastian Goldmann, Mark Coburn, Andreas Güldner, Thomas Hachenberg, Christian Hönemann and 9 more

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Linda GrüßerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. lgruesser@ukaachen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1274-5611
András KeszeiCenter for Translational & Clinical Research Aachen (CTC-A), Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Rolf RossaintDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Berit ZingrafDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Julia WallqvistDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Sebastian GoldmannDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Mark CoburnDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Andreas GüldnerDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Thomas HachenbergDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Christian HönemannDepartment of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine & Emergency Medicine, St. Marienhospital Vechta, Vechta, Germany.
Thea KochDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Bert MierkeDepartment of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Christliches Krankenhaus Quakenbrück, Quakenbrück, Germany.
Martin SchusterDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine, Kliniken Landkreis Karlsruhe, Fürst-Stirum-Klinik Bruchsal, Rechbergklinik Bretten, Bruchsal, Germany.
Hermann WriggeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Pain Therapy, Bergmannstrost Hospital, Halle, Germany.
Julia SchulerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Klinikum Traunstein, Traunstein, Germany.
Jan LarmannDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Ana KowarkDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
NO-HARM Study Group
German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (GSAIC) Trials Group

Funding

Dräger-Stiftung, Lübeck, Germany n.a.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIntraoperative lung protective ventilation and, in inhalational anesthesia, minimal fresh gas flow (FGF) are recommended. It remains unclear how these recommendations are transferred to clinical routine. We aimed to assess corresponding anesthesia practices in Germany and raise awareness of optimal ventilation settings.

methodsWe performed a pragmatic prospective observational national cross-sectional assessment of intraoperative ventilation settings in Germany, followed by an educational intervention and follow-up assessment. The intervention consisted of a pocket card designed in a Delphi-process. The patient-centred primary endpoint was tidal volume (V

resultsOver 240 of 1,148 anesthesiology departments participated (21%). We collected data from 2,198 operating rooms in the first (preintervention) and 2,106 in the second (postintervention) assessment (96% response rate). The mean (standard deviation) V

conclusionsThis large-scale clinical study of intraoperative ventilation settings in Germany found that most anesthesiologists already followed current recommendations. Therefore, for the entire cohort, no major improvements were observed. The educational intervention might improve ventilation settings in anesthesiology departments whose baseline practice deviates strongly from current recommendations.

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anesthesiaclimate changefresh gas flowlung-protective ventilationventilation settingsvolatile anesthetics

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