Differential ventilation with spontaneous respiration for bilateral emphysema.
In patients with bilateral bullous disease and empyema in one lung, controlled ventilation may be hazardous and result in severe hypoxia. A 50-year-old man with bullous disease and thoracic empyema on the left side was operated on under general anesthesia with spontaneous respiration using differential lung ventilation.
Chakravarthy
Murali
M
Wockhardt Heart Institute, 14 Cunningham Road, Bangalore 560052, Karnataka, India. mailchakravarthy@gmail.com
Jawali
Vivek
V
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001768:Blister / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome