Arterial oxygenation and one-lung anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-36

  Levin, Andrew Ian ^a,b   Coetzee, Johan Francois ^a   Coetzee, Andre ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Mixed venous oxygen content; One lung anesthesia; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ENDOBRONCHIAL ANESTHESIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 38149115315     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f2bb79     Document Type: Review

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