patients are more
challenging than oth-
ers. Bariatric
patients, for example,
are more difficult to
ventilate, because
they're larger. The
same is true with
laparoscopic patients,
because their bellies
are blown up like
basketballs, which
restricts lung capaci-
ty. Patients in the
steep Trendelenburg
position are also diffi-
cult to ventilate.
Patients like these
require advanced
methods of ventila-
tion to reduce high
pressures.
If, on the other
hand, you're in an
endoscopy setting
where almost all pro-
cedures are TIVA
(total intravenous
anesthesia) with
spontaneous ventila-
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