Intraoperative mechanical power and postoperative pulmonary complications in low-risk surgical patients: a prospective observational cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study conformed to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the American University of Beirut—Lebanon (ANES.JB.01) and registered with the Clinicaltrilas.gov (NCT03551899). All participants gave written informed consent. All authors listed meet the authorship criteria according to the latest guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and that all authors are in agreement with the manuscript. Written informed consent was taken from all the patients. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The authors received no funding for this work."

"Clinical trial registration NCT03551899; 24/02/2017."