Relationship Between Postoperative Lung Atelectasis and Position of the Endotracheal Tube in Pediatric Living-Donor Liver Transplantation

EZ - PAP in the Postoperative Period: A Pilot Study

“…Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) is a widely available intervention that can be used to exert a positive pressure in the lungs at the end of exhalation to increase functional residual capacity (FRC); thus, preventing small airway collapse and reducing atelectasis. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is currently well established as the most effective treatment for OSA [1,14]. CPAP is an effective treatment for persistent and refractory atelectasis, increasing arterial oxygenation and improving lung mechanics and V/Q match through alveolar recruitment [14][15][16][17], and may be used to treat postoperative atelectasis as well [5].…”

“…Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is currently well established as the most effective treatment for OSA [1,14]. CPAP is an effective treatment for persistent and refractory atelectasis, increasing arterial oxygenation and improving lung mechanics and V/Q match through alveolar recruitment [14][15][16][17], and may be used to treat postoperative atelectasis as well [5]. CPAP is useful postoperatively in patients with OSA or obesity as it accelerates reestablishment of preoperative pulmonary function, [18,19] and maintains a patent airway by creating a pneumatic splint of the nasopharyngeal airway [20] allowing for improved oxygenation and carbon dioxide (CO2) removal [21].…”