The effect of lung-size mismatch on mechanical ventilation tidal volumes after bilateral lung transplantation

摘要

OBJECTIVESMechanical ventilation tidal volumes are usually set according to an estimate of patient size in millilitres (ml) per kilogram (kg) body weight. We describe the relationship between donor–recipient lung-size mismatch and postoperative mechanical ventilation tidal volumes according to recipient- and donor-predicted body weights in a cohort of bilateral lung transplant patients.