# Optimizing PEEP in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Using Bedside Lung Ultrasound

> **NCT04269564** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Cairo University** · enrollment: 40 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Atelectasis, Postoperative Pulmonary

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** stepwise PEEP

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04269564
- **Lead sponsor:** Cairo University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-02-20
- **Primary completion:** 2020-08-18
- **Final completion:** 2020-08-19
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-08-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04269564

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04269564, "Optimizing PEEP in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Using Bedside Lung Ultrasound". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04269564. Licensed CC0.

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