title: Lung isolation, one-lung ventilation and hypoxaemia during lung isolation.
abstract: Lung isolation is being used more frequently in both adult and paediatric age groups due to increasing incidence of thoracoscopy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in these patients. Various indications for lung isolation and one-lung ventilation include surgical and non-surgical reasons. Isolation can be achieved by double-lumen endotracheal tubes or bronchial blocker. Different issues arise in prone and semi-prone position. The management of hypoxia with lung isolation is a stepwise drill of adding inhaled oxygen, adding positive end-expiratory pressure to ventilated lung and continuous positive airway pressure to non-ventilated side.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, SIDSS, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Purohit
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mangal
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, SIDSS, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Vinod Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Parashar
keywords: Hypoxia; lung isolation; one-lung ventilation; shunt fraction; techniques