ventilation practices in the intensive care unit differs between males and females; aim of this study was to determine whether a sex difference in use of low tidal volume ventilation exists in operating room patients, and if present what factors drive this difference

this is a secondary analysis of the ‘Local ASsessment ofVEntilatory management during General Anaesthesia for Surgery’ (LAS VEGAS), a worldwide multicenter observational study in 10520 patients in 146 countries  

the analysis was published in European Journal of Anaesthesiolgy (2021; 9:34)

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male sex has inconsistently been associated with the development of postoperative pulmonary complications; the aim of this study was to evaluate differences between females and males with respect to postoperative pulmonary outcomes

this is a secondary analysis of the ‘Local ASsessment ofVEntilatory management during General Anaesthesia for Surgery’ (LAS VEGAS), a worldwide multicenter observational study in 10520 patients in 146 countries  

the analysis was published in Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (2024; 99:111565)

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aims of this study were to describe temporal changes in tidal volumes and to determine what factors drive sex differences

this is an analysis of 2 large observational studies, 'Medical information Mart for Intensive Care III' (MIMIC III) and the 'eICU Collaborative Research DataBase'; the analysis was  published in Public Library of Science One (2021; 16:0253933)

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the ‘PRactice of VENTilation in patients with COVID–19’ (PRoVENT–COVID) was a nationwide multicenter observational study undertaken at 22 Dutch ICUs, including 1022 patients from the first wave of the national outbreak

purpose of this study was to compare and understand differences in the use of low tidal volume ventilation between females and males with COVID–19 ARDS

this is a secondary analysis of PRoVENT–COVID; the analysis was published in Frontiers in Medicine (2021; 8:780005)

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the 'Large Observational Study to Understand the Global Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Failure' (LUNG SAFE) investigators reported on a secondary analysis of their conveniently sized, international, multicentre, prospective cohort study that was conducted during 4 consecutive weeks in the winter of 2014 in a sample of 459 intensive care units from 50 countries across five continents

this editorial comments on this analysis of LUNG SAFE

the editorial is published in the European Respiratory Journal (2019; 54:1901588)

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