title: [Improvement of oxygenation in thoracic surgery with one-lung ventilation using a new intraoperative CPAP device].
abstract: For thoracic surgery with one-lung ventilation, the use of CPAP for the non-ventilated lung can improve oxygenation. We studied the use of a newly developed CPAP device in 28 patients undergoing single-lung ventilation. This device was easy to use, in particular because the components are familiar to every anesthesiologist. The use of +5 mbar CPAP improved oxygenation by an average of 39.5 mm Hg; +10 mbar CPAP brought about an improvement of 89 mm Hg. Pulse oximetry proved useful in monitoring adequate oxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hirlinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Friesdorf
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lichtwark-Aschoff
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Verbesserung der Oxigenierung bei thoraxchirurgischen Eingriffen unter Ein-Lungen-Beatmung mit einem neuen intraoperativen CPAP-Gerät.