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Current ventilation practice during general anaesthesia: a prospective audit in Melbourne, Australia

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Anesthesiology, October 2014
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Title
Current ventilation practice during general anaesthesia: a prospective audit in Melbourne, Australia
Published in
BMC Anesthesiology, October 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2253-14-85
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Authors

Dharshi Karalapillai, Laurence Weinberg, Jonathan Galtieri, Neil Glassford, Glenn Eastwood, Jai Darvall, Jake Geertsema, Ravi Bangia, Jane Fitzgerald, Tuong Phan, Luke OHallaran, Adriano Cocciante, Stuart Watson, David Story, Rinaldo Bellomo

Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that the use of low tidal volume ventilation with the application of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may benefit patients at risk of respiratory complications during general anaesthesia. However current Australian practice in this area is unknown.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 70 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 13 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 16%
Student > Master 7 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 9%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 14 20%
Unknown 14 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 36 51%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 3%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 17 24%