RECRUITMENT MANEUVER UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY

Abstract

The article reviews the using recruitment maneuver (RM) under general anesthesia in abdominal surgery in the patients with initially intact lungs. Goal: to detect the most optimal ways of RM, required temporary characteristics of RM and groups of patients in whom RM will be especially useful. Conclusion. Using RM together with other elements of protective artificial pulmonary ventilation during general anesthesia with high risk of respiratory complications is an effective and safe tool allowing prevention of respiratory complications. Stepwise RM allows preventing unfavorable hemodynamic incidents while performing RM in the patients with high anesthetic risk.

Keywords

• recruitment maneuver
• protective artificial pulmonary ventilation
• respiratory incidents and complications
• general anesthesia
• elder patients
• obesity