Clinical Study

Assessment of Ventilation Distribution during Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: An Electrical Impedance Tomography Study

Table 4

Mean blood pressure (MBP) and heart rate (HR): median (IQR).

ParameterGroupT1T2T3T4T5

MBP (mmHg)PEEP 0107,5 (99,5–113)85,5 (76,5–95)93,5 (84,5–114,5)78,5 (69,5–98,5)95 (90–100)
PEEP 10108 (101–118)81 (76–87)101 (89–115)90 (77–109)99 (90–105)

PEEP 0: T1 versus T2, T2 versus T3, T2 versus T5, T3 versus T4, and T4 versus T5; p < 0,013 and T2 versus T4; p > 0,05 (NS)
PEEP 10: T1 versus T2, T2 versus T3, and T2 versus T5; all p < 0,002 and T2 versus T4, T3 versus T4, and T4 versus T5; p > 0,05 (NS)
PEEP 0 versus PEEP 10: T1–T5; all p > 0,05 (NS)

HR (1/min)PEEP 088 (81,5–96,0)84 (78–89)83,5 (79–905)83,5 (75,5–96,5)77,5 (66–80,5)
PEEP 1083 (80–92)78 (72–88)80 (71–88)85 (75–95)77 (68–83)

PEEP 0: T1 versus T2, T2 versus T5, and T4 versus T5; p < 0,049, T2 versus T3, T2 versus T4, and T3 versus T4; p > 0,05 (NS)
PEEP 10: T4 versus T5; p < 0,013, T1 versus T2, T2 versus T3, T2 versus T4, T2 versus T5, and T3 versus T4; p > 0,05 (NS)
PEEP 0 versus PEEP 10: T1–T5; all p > 0,05 (NS)