title: Alveolar recruitment maneuver and perioperative ventilatory support in obese patients undergoing abdominal surgery.
abstract: The development of abdominal surgery represents an alternative therapy for the morbidly obese; however, patients undergoing this surgical procedure often experience postoperative pulmonary complications. The use of alveolar recruitment maneuvers and/or perioperative ventilatory strategies is a possible alternative to reduce these complications, focusing on the reduction of postoperative pulmonary complications. In this review, the benefits of perioperative ventilatory strategies and the implementation of alveolar recruitment maneuvers in obese patients undergoing abdominal surgery are described.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Metodista - IPA, Porto AlegreRS, Brasil, Centro Universitário Metodista - IPA - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Luiz Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Forgiarini Júnior
authors.affiliation: Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto AlegreRS, Brasil, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana Castilhos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rezende
authors.affiliation: Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto AlegreRS, Brasil, Hospital Moinhos de Vento - Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Soraia Genebra Ibrahim
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Forgiarini
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000378:metabolism*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods