[Anesthesia for thoracotomy in a patient with severe emphysema associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome].
A 57-yr-old man with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome was scheduled for thoracotomy due to pneumothorax caused by severe emphysema (FEV1.0% 29%). Anesthesia was induced with propofol and fentanyl and maintained with continuous propofol infusion combined with thoracic epidural anesthesia. During mechanical ventilation, the peak inspiratory pressure was reduced to avoid overinflation or rupture of the lung. Although severe hypercapnia was observed during one lung ventilation, there was no incidence of tachyarrhythmias that we had feared. We suggest that hypercapnia is unlikely to cause tachyarrhythmias in patients with WPW syndrome if carefully managed.
Kajikawa
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Department of Anesthesia, Kasumigaura National Hospital, Ibaraki 300-8585.
Serita
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D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications*