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Two Modalities of Ventilation on the Occurrence of Respiratory Complications During Inhalational Anaesthetic Induction in Children

Induction of anesthesia by inhalation is the most common method of induction (70% in France) for young children admitted for non-emergency surgery. It has the advantage of not requiring an intravenous line. Serious respiratory adverse events such as laryngospasm or bronchospasm remain common in young children during anesthesia induction (approximately 4%) and can reach up to 30% when mild respiratory adverse events (coughing, desaturation \< 95%, airway obstruction) are included. Traditionally, inhalation induction is performed under spontaneous ventilation using the anesthesia ventilator circuit. However, modern ventilators offer the option of applying positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and pressure support ventilation (PSV). Several physiological studies suggest that the use of PEEP + PSV during anesthesia may help maintain airway patency, minute ventilation, and functional residual capacity (FRC). Our hypothesis is that administering PEEP + PSV at the time of induction may reduce the risk of respiratory complications. The primary objective is to demonstrate that induction of anesthesia using PEP + PSV, compared with induction of anesthesia under spontaneous ventilation, reduces the risk of adverse respiratory events in children requiring general anesthesia with planned inhalational induction.