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This randomized study of low-tidal-volume ventilation during and after cardiac surgery, in comparison to ventilation with tidal volumes of 10 mL/kg predicted body weight, showed no differences in median ventilation time but higher rates of extubation by 6 and 8 hours postoperatively and fewer reintubations in the low-tidal-volume group.

Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in the Absence of Acute Lung Injury: A Study in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients