Positive end-expiratory pressure and postoperative complications in patients with obesity: a review and meta-analysis.

Jae Y Choi Miriam A Al-Saedy Brian J Carlson

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)

O improves the postoperative clinical outcome in patients with obesity, which is in contrast to previously established evidence that it reduces atelectasis in patients with obesity.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
magnetic resonance
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
body mass index
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome