Table 2.

Use of the basic elements of lung protective ventilation

	Trainees		Specialists
	n (=22)	%	n (=89)	%	OR (95% CI)		p
Low TV (≤ 6 mL/kg)	8	36.4	53	59.6	2.58	(0.98 – 6.77)	0.0549
Applies IBW	11	50.0	56	62.9	1.70	(0.66 – 4.34)	0.2701
PEEP < 6 cmH2O	12	54.5	42	47.2	0.74	(0.29 – 1.90)	0.5374
Never applies a PEEP titration procedure	12	54.5	45	50.6	0.85	(0.33 – 2.17)	0.7380
Never applies ARM after intubation	4	18.2	21	23.6	1.39	(0.42 – 4.56)	0.5874
Never applies ARM during anaesthesia	4	18.2	18	20.2	1.14	(0.34 – 3.79)	0.8297
Never applies ARM before extubation	8	36.4	27	30.3	0.76	(0.29 – 2.03)	0.5866
Applies ARM regularly during anaesthesia	2	9.1	10	11.2	1.27	(0.26 – 6.24)	0.7721
Targeted ARM (if SpO2 < 96%) during anaesthesia	8	36.4	28	31.5	0.80	(0.30 – 2.13)	0.6604
Applies the entire LPV concept	6	27.3	24	26.9	1.01	(0.36 – 2.89)	0.9769

TV = tidal volume, IBW = ideal body weight, PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure, ARM = alveolar recruitment manoeuvres, SpO2 = oxygen saturation, LPV = lung protective ventilation, OR = odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence intervals