After thoracentesis, the pulmonary compliance improved and surgery was completed successfully.

Dynamic pulmonary compliance was measured before and after instillation of meconium.

The 3D pulmonary compliance images revealed regional heterogeneity of compliance.

In addition, total lung-airway resistance, dynamic pulmonary compliance, and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure were similar in both conditions.

There was a significant decrease in the dynamic pulmonary compliance measurements in both groups immediately after meconium instillation.

Recruitment maneuvers were essential to maintain pulmonary compliance at both 2 and 4 hrs of ventilation.

The intra-abdominal pressure and pulmonary compliance decreased, but the peak airway pressure increased at 20 min after the start of gastropexy with intracorporeal suturing.

Pulmonary compliance was calculated on a voxel by voxel basis using adjacent pairs of CT images.