Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Efficacy of a lung recruitment manoeuvre in children undergoing general anaesthesia with a supraglottic airway
Main finding · Estimated difference in EELVResult — go to the resultMedian difference −0.9 ml kg-1 95% CI −1.6 to −0.1Authors' conclusion
In children undergoing general anaesthesia with the use of a supraglottic airway, a recruitment manoeuvre effectively restores EELV to baseline.
Study context
- Population
- Children (ASA physical status 1–2, 10–20 kg) undergoing GA with a supraglottic airway74 datasets analysed
- Participants
- 95 children
- Exposure
- End-expiratory lung volume (EELV) after recruitment manoeuvre vs baseline
- Outcome
- Normalised change in end-expiratory lung impedance after recruitment manoeuvre (electrical impedance tomography)
Methodological detailsprospective, equivalence margin ±35% (±2 ml kg-1)
- Prospective
- Equivalence margin ±35% (±2 ml kg-1)
Main finding
Estimated difference in EELV
Median difference
−0.9 ml kg-1
95% CI −1.6 to −0.1
After recruitment manoeuvre vs Baseline
median difference −0.9 ml kg-1 (95% CI −1.6 to −0.1)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
- No significant changes in global inhomogeneity index
- 0.0 [0.03-0.04]
Original publication
Efficacy of a lung recruitment manoeuvre in children undergoing general anaesthesia with a supraglottic airway. Br J Anaesth. Published 23 September 2025. doi:10.
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