From: Protective Mechanical Ventilation during General Anesthesia for Open Abdominal Surgery Improves Postoperative Pulmonary Function Anesthes. 2013;118(6):1307-1321. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e31829102de Figure Legend: Flow diagram summarizing inclusion, allocation, and analysis. Five hundred twenty-seven patients were observed during the study period; 469 patients were excluded due to the presence of one or more exclusion criteria. Fifty-eight patients were enrolled; two patients were excluded because of a change in surgical strategy, one patient was excluded for surgical complication, and finally 55 patients were included for analysis. Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © 2017 American Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.