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Routine and regular use of alveolar recruitment manoeuvres (ARM) is rare after endotracheal intubation (8.1%), during general anaesthesia (10.8%) and prior to extubation procedure (10.8%). Based on our data ARM is a procedure for high-risk patients (33.3%) and usually used during anaesthesia when a decreasing oxygen saturation is detected (32.4%). Approximately 20-30% of respondents never use ARM during any phase of general anaesthesia.
