Respiratory failure & ventilation
Mechanical power during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: an observational study
Authors' conclusion
Mechanical power in healthy patients undergoing RALP significantly increased both during the pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg position and in supine position after surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients scheduled for robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP)prospectively enrolled
- Participants
- 61 patients
- Exposure
- Pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg vs Supine before surgery
- Outcome
- Total mechanical power and its components
Methodological detailsconstant ventilatory setting, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) subgroup (n = 17)
- Constant ventilatory setting
- PEEP subgroup (n = 17)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Total mechanical power, PEEP 5 vs 10 cmH2O (subgroup of 17) · Supine before surgery
P < 0.001
Total mechanical power, PEEP 5 vs 10 cmH2O (subgroup of 17) · Pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg
P < 0.001
Total mechanical power, PEEP 5 vs 10 cmH2O (subgroup of 17) · Supine after surgery
P < 0.001
Total mechanical power, PEEP 5 vs 10 cmH2O (subgroup of 17) · Supine after surgery
- Increasing PEEP did not affect respiratory system elastance
Original publication
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