Recruitment maneuver is frequently used in daily anaesthesia routine to prevent athelectasia and ventilation perfusion mismatch. Especially pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic surgeries affects the functional residual capacity (FRC) negatively. Recently, FRC can be measured at bedside in intensive care units. The lack of studies evaluating FRC measurements peroperatively and how recruitment maneuvers affect it, attract attention.
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Comparison of FRC measurements at beginning and end of anesthesia
Timeframe: within max 5 minutes after the intubation and with max 5 minutes before the extubation