Kensuke Shimada, Masahiko Gosho, Tomohiro Ohigashi, Keitaro Kume, Takahiro Yano, Ryota Ishii, Kazushi Maruo, Ryota Inokuchi, Masao Iwagami, Hiroshi Ueda, Makoto Tanaka, Masaru Sanuki, Nanako Tamiya
PURPOSE: A normal pressure extubation technique (no lung inflation before extubation), proposed by the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists to prevent droplet infection during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, could theoretically increase postoperative pneumonia incidence compared with a positive pressure extubation technique (lung inflation before extubation). However, the normal pressure extubation technique has not been adequately evaluated. This study compared postoperative pneumonia incidence between positive and normal pressure extubation techniques using a dataset from the University of Tsukuba Hospital...
September 12, 2024: Journal of Anesthesia