Table 4 Results of chest X-ray test in the two groups of traditional ventilation and protective ventilation on preoperative day 0 and day 3
| Â | Day 0 | Day 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional ventilation (n=32) | Protective ventilation (n=32) | P | Traditional ventilation (n=26) | Protective ventilation (n=29) | P | |
Normal | 27 (84.4%) | 26 (81.3%) | 0.740 | 7 (26.9%) | 17 (58.6%) | 0.018 |
Increased thickness of interstitium | 3 (9.4%) | 4 (12.5%) | > 0.99 | 10 (38.5%) | 7 (24.1%) | 0.251 |
Disventilatory areas including minimal density change | 2 (6.2%) | 2 (6.2%) | > 0.99 | 6 (23.1%) | 5 (17.3%) | 0.589 |
Atelectasis | 0 (0%) | 0 | – | 3 (11.5%) | 0 | 0.198 |
Pleural effusions | 0 (0%) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |