Practical Geriatrics ›› 2026, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 495-499.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2026.05.012

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Effect of individualized positive end-expiratory pressure on quality of recovery in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery

SHI Jintao, LU Shuangwei, SHEN Bei   

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210022, China
  • Received:2025-09-26 Published:2026-05-20
  • Contact: SHEN Bei, Email: 602185561@qq.com

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of individualized positive end-expiratory pressure (iPEEP) on quality of recovery in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery. Methods A total of sixty elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer were selected and divided into iPEEP group (group P) and control group (group C) using the random number table method, with 30 patients in each group. In group P, the patients received positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titration test at immediately after intubation, immediately after establishing pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg position and immediately after ending pneumoperitoneum. The patients in group C received zero PEEP during procedure. The heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), and end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PetCO2) were recorded at 5 minutes after tracheal intubation (T1), 30 minutes(T2), 60 minutes (T3)after pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg position establishment, and 10 minutes after the end of pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg position (T4). The postoperative recovery time (ΔT1), respiratory recovery time (ΔT2), extubation time (ΔT3), orientation recovery time (ΔT4), and sedation-agitation scale (SAS) were also recorded. The occurrence of postoperative delirium(POD) and postoperative nausea and vomiting were recorded. Results Compared with group C, the MAP in group P were significantly decreased at T3, and ΔT2 and ΔT4 were shortened, and the SAS score was decreased(P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in ONSD between the two groups during the operation. One case of POD occurred in the group C on the first day after surgery, and no severe cognitive dysfunction occurred in either group. Conclusions The lung-protective ventilation strategy with iPEEP does not affect the intracranial pressure of patients during the operation and can improve the quality of postoperative recovery in elderly patients with colorectal cancer receiving laparoscopic radical resection.

Key words: aged, colorectal cancer, individualized positive end-expiratory pressure, quality of recovery

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