The effect of prone position on respiratory mechanics during spinal surgery

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 623-630

  Manna, Essam M ^a,b,c   Ibraheim, Osama A ^a   Samarkandi, Abdulhamid H ^a   Alotaibi, Wadha M ^a   Elwatidy, Sherif M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Prone position; Respiratory mechanics; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 29144519939     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. PELOSI P, CROCI M, CALAPPI E, ET AL: The prone position during general anaesthesia minimally affects respiratory mechanics while improving functional residual capacity and increasing oxygen tension. Anesth Analg: 80:955-60, 1995.
2. PEARCE DJ: The role of posture in laminectomy. Proc R Soc Med: 50:109-12, 1957.
3. PALMON SC, KIRSCH JR, DEPPER JA AND TOUNG TJK: The effect of prone position on pulmonary mechanics is frame-dependent. Anesth Analg: 87:1175-80, 1998.
4. STONE JK, KHAMBATTA HJ: Pulmonary shunts in the prone position. Anaesthesia: 33:512-7, 1978.
5. MAHAJAN RP, HENESSY N, AITKENHEAD AR, JELLINEK D: Effect of three different surgical prone positions on lung volumes in healthy volunteers. Anaesthesia; 49:583-6, 1994.
6. LAMM WJ, GRAHAM MM, ALBERT RK: Mechanism by which the prone position improves oxygenation in acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Car Med; 150:184-93, 1994.
7. KANEKO K, MILIC-EMILY J, DOLOVICH MB, ET AL: Regional distribution of ventilation and perfusion as a function of body position. J Appl Physiol; 21:767-77, 1966.
8. DOUGLAS WW, REHDER K, BEYNEN FM, ET AL: Improved oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory failure: the prone position. Am Rev Resp Dis; 115:559-66, 1977.
9. PELOSI P, MASSIMO C, EMILIANA C, ET AL: Prone positioning improves pulmonary function in obese patients during general anaesthesia. Anesth Analg; 83:578-83, 1996.
10. 2 insufflation. Clin Auton Res; 13(suppl 1):1/94-1/97, 2003.
11. TANSKANEN P, KYTTA J, RANDELL T: The effect of patient positioning on dynamic lung compliance. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand; 41:602-60, 1997.