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Protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of benefit of so-called lung-protective ventilation settings in patients under general anesthesia for surgery.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Almost all patients under general anesthesia for surgery need mechanical ventilation. The harmful effects of short-term intra-operative ventilation on pulmonary integrity are increasingly recognized. Recent investigations suggest protection against so-called ventilation-associated lung injury with the use of lower tidal volumes and/or the use of higher levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). This review and meta-analysis will evaluate the effects of these protective measures on pulmonary and extra-pulmonary complications, and try to discriminate the effects of lower tidal volumes from those of higher levels of PEEP.
METHODS/DESIGN:
The Medline database will be searched for observational studies and randomized controlled trials of intra-operative ventilation. Individual patient data will be collected from databases obtained via direct contact with corresponding authors of original articles. The primary endpoint is development of postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome, the most important postoperative pulmonary complication. Secondary endpoints include hospital length of stay and hospital mortality, and reported intra-operative and postoperative pulmonary and extra-pulmonary complications. Emphasis is put on separating the effects of lower tidal volumes from those of higher levels of PEEP.
DISCUSSION:
This will be the first meta-analysis of intra-operative ventilation using individual patient data from observational studies and randomized controlled trials. The large sample size could allow discrimination of the effect of the two most frequently used protective measures--that is, lower tidal volumes and higher levels of PEEP. The results of this review and meta-analysis can be used in designing future trials of ventilation.
AuthorsAry Serpa Neto, Sabrine N T Hemmes, Marcelo Gama de Abreu, Paolo Pelosi, Marcus J Schultz, PROVE Network investigators
JournalSystematic reviews (Syst Rev) Vol. 3 Pg. 2 (Jan 02 2014) ISSN: 2046-4053 [Electronic] England
PMID24383428 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis)
Topics
  • Anesthesia, General (adverse effects, methods)
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Period
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration (methods)
  • Respiration, Artificial (adverse effects, methods)
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative (adverse effects, methods)
  • Systematic Reviews as Topic
  • Tidal Volume

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