Specific anesthesia-induced lung volume changes from induction to emergence: a pilot study.
P KosticAntonella LoMauroA LarssonG HedenstiernaP FrykholmA AlivertiPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2017)
A combined intervention consisting of LRM, PEEP and CPAP during emergence may effectively maintain EELV during anesthesia and even after extubation. An unexpected finding was that the activation of the expiratory muscles may contribute to EELV reduction during the emergence phase.