title: Postoperative Management after Pneumonectomy for Blunt Thoracic Trauma.
abstract: Pneumonectomy for blunt thoracic injury carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of severe bilateral blunt thoracic injury in which left pneumonectomy was done. The immediate postoperative measures were directed to maintain right heart performance by minimizing hypoxia, avoiding fluid overload and limiting pulmonary hypertension. We believe that this approach contributed to the favorable outcome of this patient.
authors.affiliation: Trauma Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel. yoramkl@clalit.org.il.|Department of Surgery B, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel. yoramkl@clalit.org.il.|Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, 1 76100, Rehovot, Israel. yoramkl@clalit.org.il.
authors.forename: Yoram
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: General Intensive Care, Unit Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kishinevsky
authors.affiliation: General Intensive Care, Unit Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konichezky
authors.affiliation: General Intensive Care, Unit Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Gennady
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bregman
authors.affiliation: Department of General Intensive Care, Soroka Medical Center Beer-Sheba, Beer-Sheba, Israel.
authors.forename: Moti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery B, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Hanoch
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kashtan
keywords: Blunt; Pneumonectomy; Postoperative care; Trauma