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Effect of Intraoperative Low Tidal Volume vs Conventional Tidal Volume on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In patients who undergo mechanical ventilation during surgery, the ideal tidal volume is unclear.

Objective

To determine whether low-tidal-volume ventilation compared with conventional ventilation during major surgery decreases postoperative pulmonary complications.

Design, setting, and participants

Single-center, assessor-blinded, randomized clinical trial of 1236 patients older than 40 years undergoing major noncardiothoracic, nonintracranial surgery under general anesthesia lasting more than 2 hours in a tertiary hospital in Melbourne, Australia, from February 2015 to February 2019. The last date of follow-up was February 17, 2019.

Interventions

Patients were randomized to receive a tidal volume of 6 mL/kg predicted body weight (n?=?614; low tidal volume group) or a tidal volume of 10 mL/kg predicted body weight (n?=?592; conventional tidal volume group). All patients received positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) at 5 cm H2O.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was a composite of postoperative pulmonary complications within the first 7 postoperative days, including pneumonia, bronchospasm, atelectasis, pulmonary congestion, respiratory failure, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, or unplanned requirement for postoperative invasive or noninvasive ventilation. Secondary outcomes were postoperative pulmonary complications including development of pulmonary embolism, acute respiratory distress syndrome, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, acute kidney injury, wound infection (superficial and deep), rate of intraoperative need for vasopressor, incidence of unplanned intensive care unit admission, rate of need for rapid response team call, intensive care unit length of stay, hospital length of stay, and in-hospital mortality.

Results

Among 1236 patients who were randomized, 1206 (98.9%) completed the trial (mean age, 63.5 years; 494 [40.9%] women; 681 [56.4%] undergoing abdominal surgery). The primary outcome occurred in 231 of 608 patients (38%) in the low tidal volume group compared with 232 of 590 patients (39%) in the conventional tidal volume group (difference, -1.3% [95% CI, -6.8% to 4.2%]; risk ratio, 0.97 [95% CI, 0.84-1.11]; P?=?.64). There were no significant differences in any of the secondary outcomes.

Conclusions and relevance

Among adult patients undergoing major surgery, intraoperative ventilation with low tidal volume compared with conventional tidal volume, with PEEP applied equally between groups, did not significantly reduce pulmonary complications within the first 7 postoperative days.

Trial registration

ANZCTR Identifier: ACTRN12614000790640.

SUBMITTER: Karalapillai D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489812 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Intraoperative Low Tidal Volume vs Conventional Tidal Volume on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Karalapillai Dharshi D Weinberg Laurence L Peyton Philip P Ellard Louise L Hu Raymond R Pearce Brett B Tan Chong O CO Story David D O'Donnell Mark M Hamilton Patrick P Oughton Chad C Galtieri Jonathan J Wilson Anthony A Serpa Neto Ary A Eastwood Glenn G Bellomo Rinaldo R Jones Daryl A DA

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<h4>Importance</h4>In patients who undergo mechanical ventilation during surgery, the ideal tidal volume is unclear.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether low-tidal-volume ventilation compared with conventional ventilation during major surgery decreases postoperative pulmonary complications.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>Single-center, assessor-blinded, randomized clinical trial of 1236 patients older than 40 years undergoing major noncardiothoracic, nonintracranial surgery under gene ...[more]

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Effect of Intraoperative Low Tidal Volume vs Conventional Tidal Volume on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance

Objective

Design, setting, and participants

Interventions

Main outcomes and measures

Results

Conclusions and relevance

Trial registration

Publications

Effect of Intraoperative Low Tidal Volume vs Conventional Tidal Volume on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

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