Endobronchial high-frequency jet ventilation for endobronchial laser surgery: an alternative approach.
We describe a technique of one-lung high-frequency jet ventilation surgery with continuous monitoring of airway pressures that achieves satisfactory operating conditions with less complications than other similar approaches.
Unzueta
M Carmen
MC
Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. mcunzueta@telefonica.net
Casas
Ignacio
I
Merten
Alfred
A
Landeira
J Manuel V
JM
D000368:Aged; D000399:Air Pressure; D000758:Anesthesia; D001469:Barotrauma / Q000517:prevention & control; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests