title: Advanced pressure control modes of ventilation in cardiac surgery: Scanty evidence or unexplored terrain?
abstract: Lung atelectasis resulting after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) can result in increased intrapulmonary shunting and consequent hypoxemia. Advanced pressure control modes of ventilation might have at least a theoretical advantage over conventional modes by assuring a minimum target tidal volume delivery at reasonable pressures, thus having potential advantages while ventilating patients with pulmonary atelectasis postcardiac surgery. However, the utility of these modes in the post-CPB setting have not been widely investigated, and their role in cardiac intensive care, therefore, remains quite limited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Satyen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parida
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Prasanna Udupi
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Bidkar
keywords: Advanced pressure control modes; cardiac surgery; ventilation