RCT: Routine use of prophylactic postoperative continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) does not prevent pneumonia, re-intubation, and death after major abdominal surgery.

Postoperative continuous positive airway pressure to prevent pneumonia, re-intubation, and death after major abdominal surgery (PRISM): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

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Published today in @LancetRespirMed is the final report of @prismtrial, an international multi-centre phase-3 randomised trial of routine postoperative CPAP to prevent pneumonia, re-intubation & death after major abdominal surgery https://t.co/e09pSTi2sa @rupert_pearse @QMULWHRI

— Tom Abbott (@_tomabbott) June 19, 2021