JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA, cilt.42, ss.31-35, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Study objective: Volume controlled ventilation with low PEEP is used in neuro-anesthesia to provide constant PaCO2 levels and prevent raised intracranial pressure. Therefore, neurosurgery patients prone to atelectasis formation, however, we could not find any study that evaluates prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications in neurosurgery.