Lessons from lung transplantation for everyday thoracic anesthesia.
Patients with end-stage lung disease are at significant risk of hypoxia and dynamic hyperinflation during mechanical ventilation, particularly during one-lung ventilation. This article describes aspects of care such as patients, including acceptance of permissive hypercapnia, adjustment of ventilator settings, and methods to optimize recovery from anesthesia.
Myles
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Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Alfred Hospital, Australia. p.myles@alfred.org.au
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013903:Thoracic Surgery
D000777:Anesthetics