Lung Recruitment During General Anaesthesia
Ask your specialistLung Recruitment Maneuver
Most patients who receive surgical intervention under general anesthetic develop atelectasis in the dependent areas of the lung, potentially resulting in postoperative pulmonary complications. Lung recruitment maneuvers can resolve atelectasis and thus mitigate the risk of complications. Although recruitment is an important clinical procedure, patients need to be monitored closely to identify adverse effects and to ensure respective measures are taken.
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What is the current state of the discussion about lung recruitment during anaesthesia?
For many anesthetists, alveolar recruitment maneuvers (RMs) are a routine procedure in general anaesthesia, even though they are not generally recommended in existing guidelines. Recommendations from literature are scarce and strong evidence is unavailable. Is a one-step RM using the manual anaesthesia bag appropriate or should this be better performed by the anaesthesia machine? Is a multi-step RM advantageous with respect to lung protection or recruitment success? What are the risks associated with RM? What are the right pressures to recruit lungs? Not all questions have been answered by clinical research, but well-recognized principles and a point of orientation can be identified.
Dräger Lunch Symposium at Euroanaesthesia 2017
