title: Single-lung ventilation for pulmonary lobe resection in a newborn.
abstract: The increasing frequency of video-assisted thoracoscopic interventions as well as open thoracic surgical procedures in children demands appropriate anesthetic techniques to provide single-lung ventilation. A fiberoptically directed, wire-guided 5F endobronchial blocker for use in small infants has recently been devised. We report on the very special aspects of airway management in a newborn 3000-g infant who presented a major anesthetic and surgical challenge because of congenital emphysema of the left upper pulmonary lobe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The special aspects of single-lung ventilation in a newborn 3000-g infant who presented a major anesthetic and surgical challenge because of congenital emphysema of the left upper pulmonary lobe are reported.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive-Care Medicine, †Pediatrics, and ‡Chest, Heart, and Vascular Surgery, University of Münster Hospital, Münster, Germany; §Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, The Canberra Hospital, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and ∥Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive-Care Medicine, St.-Antonius-Hospital, Kleve, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rellensmann
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Aken
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semik
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bruessel
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Enk
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted