320
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2011
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2014
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2014
Intensive Alveolar Recruitment
Recruitment with opening pressures of 45 cmH2O in the airways, followed by ventilation with PEEP = 13 cmH2O, during 4 hours of protective mechanical ventilation with tidal volume (VT) = 6 mL/kg/pbw.
Moderate Alveolar Recruitment
Recruitment with opening pressures of 20 cmH2O in the airways, followed by ventilation with PEEP = 8 cmH2O, during 4 hours of protective mechanical ventilation with VT = 6 mL/kg/pbw.
Instituto do Coração (Incor) - University of São Paulo, São Paulo
InCor Heart Institute
OTHER
University of Sao Paulo
OTHER