Lancet
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
High versus low positive end-expiratory pressure during general anaesthesia for open abdominal surgery (PROVHILO trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
High intraoperative PEEP and recruitment manoeuvres during open abdominal surgery do not protect against post-op pulmonary complications, though are associated with intraoperative hypotension.
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