Exploring for the safer ventilation method in laparoscopic urologic patients? Conventional or low tidal?

Background: To study the effects of low tidal volume with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on arterial blood gases of patients undergoing laparoscopic urologic surgeries.

Subjects And Methods: Eighty-six laparoscopic urologic patients were enrolled in this study. Patients were randomized into two groups according to the ventilatory settings.