Background: There is limited information concerning the current practice of intraoperative mechanical ventilation in obese patients, and the optimal ventilator settings for these patients are debated. We investigated intraoperative ventilation parameters and their associations with the development of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in obese patients.Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of the international multicentre Local ASsessment of VEntilatory management during General Anesthesia for Surgery' (LAS VEGAS) study, restricted to obese patients, with a predefined composite outcome of PPCs as primary end-point.Results: We analysed 2012 obese patients from 135 hospitals across 29 countries in Europe, North America, North Africa, and the Middle East. Tidal volume was 8.8 [25th-75th percentiles: 7.8-9.9] ml kg(-1) predicted body weight, PEEP was 4 [1-5] cm H2O, and recruitment manoeuvres were performed in 7.7% of patients. PPCs occurred in 11.7% of patients and were independently associated with age (P<0.001), body mass index >= 40 kg m(-2) (P = 0.033), obstructive sleep apnoea (P = 0.002), duration of anaesthesia (P<0.001), peak airway pressure (P<0.001), use of rescue recruitment manoeuvres (P<0.05) and routine recruitment manoeuvres performed by bag squeezing (P = 0.021). PPCs were associated with an increased length of hospital stay (P<0.001).Conclusions: Obese patients are frequently ventilated with high tidal volume and low PEEP, and seldom receive recruitment manoeuvres. PPCs increase hospital stay, and are associated with preoperative conditions, duration of anaesthesia and intraoperative ventilation settings. Randomised trials are warranted to clarify the role of different ventilatory parameters in obese patients.

Intraoperative ventilation settings and their associations with postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients

Severgnini, P.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Background: There is limited information concerning the current practice of intraoperative mechanical ventilation in obese patients, and the optimal ventilator settings for these patients are debated. We investigated intraoperative ventilation parameters and their associations with the development of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in obese patients.Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of the international multicentre Local ASsessment of VEntilatory management during General Anesthesia for Surgery' (LAS VEGAS) study, restricted to obese patients, with a predefined composite outcome of PPCs as primary end-point.Results: We analysed 2012 obese patients from 135 hospitals across 29 countries in Europe, North America, North Africa, and the Middle East. Tidal volume was 8.8 [25th-75th percentiles: 7.8-9.9] ml kg(-1) predicted body weight, PEEP was 4 [1-5] cm H2O, and recruitment manoeuvres were performed in 7.7% of patients. PPCs occurred in 11.7% of patients and were independently associated with age (P<0.001), body mass index >= 40 kg m(-2) (P = 0.033), obstructive sleep apnoea (P = 0.002), duration of anaesthesia (P<0.001), peak airway pressure (P<0.001), use of rescue recruitment manoeuvres (P<0.05) and routine recruitment manoeuvres performed by bag squeezing (P = 0.021). PPCs were associated with an increased length of hospital stay (P<0.001).Conclusions: Obese patients are frequently ventilated with high tidal volume and low PEEP, and seldom receive recruitment manoeuvres. PPCs increase hospital stay, and are associated with preoperative conditions, duration of anaesthesia and intraoperative ventilation settings. Randomised trials are warranted to clarify the role of different ventilatory parameters in obese patients.
2018
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/british-journal-of-anaesthesia
anaesthesia; general; obesity; perioperative care; postoperative complications; Anesthesia, General; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Length of Stay; Lung Diseases; Obesity; Positive-Pressure Respiration; Postoperative Complications; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Tidal Volume; Respiration, Artificial; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Ball, L.; Hemmes, S. N. T.; Serpa Neto, A.; Bluth, T.; Canet, J.; Hiesmayr, M.; Hollmann, M. W.; Mills, G. H.; Vidal Melo, M. F.; Putensen, C.; Schmid...espandi
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