title: Ventilatory management of one-lung ventilation.
abstract: Hypoxemia is considered to be the most important challenge during one-lung ventilation (OLV). Recent studies, however, have shown that one-lung ventilation can involve some lung damage and can therefore be per se a cause of hypoxemia. OLV can be associated to an injury: but the techniques used to improve oxygenation may also damage the lung. A new ventilator approach should be used and applied with regards to what is so far known in terms of "lung protection" also during OLV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. giorgio.dellarocca@uniud.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Della Rocca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coccia
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000517:prevention & control; D000758:Anesthesia; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000517:prevention & control; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000517:prevention & control; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen