The impact of obesity on pulmonary deterioration in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Obesity affects respiratory and hemodynamic function in anesthetized patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the body mass index (BMI) on pulmonary changes in a permanent 45 degrees steep Trendelenburg position (STP) during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). 51 patients undergoing RALP under standardized anesthesia were included. Perioperative pulmonary function and oxygenation were measured in awake patients (T-0), 20 min after the induction of anesthesia (T-1), after insufflation of the abdomen in supine position (T-2), after 30 min in STP (T-3), when controlling Santorini's plexus in STP (T-4), before awakening while supine (T-5), and after 45 min in the recovery room (T-6). Patient-specific and time-dependent factor on ventilation and predicted peak inspiratory pressure (PIP), driving pressure (P-driv) and lung compliance (LC) in a linear regression model were calculated. PIP and P-driv increased significantly after induction of capnoperitoneum (T2-4) (p 31 kg/m(2) reached critical PIP values >= 35 cmH(2)O. Postoperative oxygenation represented by the PaO2/FiO(2) ratio was significantly decreased compared to T-0 (p < 0.0001). Obesity in combination with STP and capnoperitoneum during RALP has a profound effect on pulmonary function. Increased PIP and P-driv and decreased LC are directly correlated with a high BMI. Changes in PIP, P-driv and LC during RALP may be predicted in relation to patient's BMI for consideration in the preoperative setting

Exclusive J/psi Photoproduction off Protons in Ultraperipheral p-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

We present the first measurement at the LHC of exclusive J/psi photoproduction off protons, in ultraperipheral proton-lead collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV. Events are selected with a dimuon pair produced either in the rapidity interval, in the laboratory frame, 2.5 J/psi + p) are 33.2 +/- 2.2(stat) +/- 3.2(syst) +/- 0.7(theor) nb in p-Pb and 284 +/- 36(stat)(-32)(+27)(syst) +/- 26(theor) nb in Pb-p collisions. We measure this process up to about 700 GeV in the gamma p center of mass, which is a factor of two larger than the highest energy studied at HERA. The data are consistent with a power law dependence of the J/psi photoproduction cross section in gamma p energies from about 20 to 700 GeV, or equivalently, from Bjorken x scaling variable between similar to 2 x 10(-2) and similar to 2 x 10(-5), thus indicating no significant change in the gluon density behavior of the proton between HERA and LHC energies