Single-lung ventilation in infants and children.
During the past decade, the use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has dramatically increased in children as well as adults. Although VATS can be performed while both lungs are being ventilated, single-lung ventilation (SLV) is desirable during VATS. In addition, anaesthesiologists are performing (and paediatric surgeons are requesting) SLV more frequently for open thoracotomies in infants and children.
Hammer
Gregory B
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305-5640, USA. ham@stanford.edu
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D010477:Perfusion; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures