Noninvasive mechanical ventilation during spontaneous breathing anaesthesia: Can electrical impedance tomography be a useful bedside tool to titrate PEEP level?

We read with great interest the study by Bordes et al. [1] recently published in the Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia. In this single-centre observational study the authors used electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to assess the effects of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) on functional residual capacity (FRC) and ventilation distribution during spontaneous breathing general anaesthesia. A total of 18 patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy (including gastric fibroscopy and colonoscopy) were studied.

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