The profile of dynamic C(RS) reflects nonlinear intratidal mechanics of the respiratory system. The SLICE analysis has the potential to detect intratidal recruitment and overdistension. This might help in finding a combination of PEEP and V(T) level that is protective from a lung-mechanics perspective.

Postanaesthesia care units are standard parts of hospital care in most European Union countries. Their main purpose is to identify and immediately treat early complications of surgery or anaesthesia, before they develop into deleterious problems. This review, prepared by the Working Party on Post Anaesthesia Care of the European Board of Anaesthesiology. European Union of Medical Specialists (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes) and approved by the European Board and Section of Anaesthesiology, gives recommendations on relevant aspects of organization, responsibilities, methods, safety and quality control of postanaesthesia care.

SB without any support improves oxygenation and reduces shunt in comparison with MV at identical settings. This seems to be achieved without any major signs of recruitment of collapsed lung regions.