Zieleskiewicz L, Papinko M, Lopez A, et al. - A single-center prospective study was conducted to include patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists score > 1 and who were scheduled for major surgery of > 2 hours. Researchers recorded postoperative pulmonary complications occurring within 8 postoperative days. The logistic regression models were applied to examine the relationship between lung ultrasound findings and postoperative pulmonary complications. In the analysis, 69 (19%) developed postoperative pulmonary complications, among the 327 patients. The data exhibited that the detection of immediate postoperative alveolar consolidation and pleural effusion by lung ultrasound is associated with postoperative pulmonary complications and morbi-mortality, when lung ultrasound is performed precociously < 2 hours after extubation. Future research is required to ascertain the impact of the ultrasound-guided intervention for patients at high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications.