Individualized Perioperative Open-Lung Ventilatory Strategy During One-Lung Ventilation

Postoperative Complication and Hospital Stay Reduction With a Individualized Perioperative Lung Protective Ventilation During One-lung Ventilation: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Trial

The purpose of this study is to determine whether individualized ventilatory management during one-lung ventilation in patients scheduled for thoracic surgery, combining the use of low tidal volumes, alveolar recruitment maneuvers, individually titrated positive end-expiratory pressure and individually indicated ventilatory support will decrease postoperative pulmonary complications, ICU and hospital length of stay compared to a standardized Lung Protective Ventilation (LPV).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Planned thoracic surgery > 2 hours.
• Signed informed consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 18 years.
• Pregnant or breast-feeding.
• Patients with BMI >35.
• Syndrome of moderate or severe respiratory distress: PaO2/FiO2 < 200 mmHg.
• Heart failure: NYHA IV.
• Hemodynamic failure: CI <2.5 L/min/m2 and / or requirements before surgery ionotropic support.
• Diagnosis or suspicion of intracranial hypertension (intracranial pressure> 15 mmHg).
• Mechanical ventilation in the last 15 days.
• Presence of pneumothorax. Presence of giant bullae on chest radiography or computed tomography (CT).
• Patient with preoperatively CPAP.
• Participation in another experimental protocol at the time of intervention selection.