The Effect of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia on Pulmonary Shunt Fraction and Arterial Oxygenation During One-Lung Ventilation

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-462

  Jung, Sung Mee ^a   Cho, Choon Kyu ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Cho, Hyun Min ^a   Kim, Chul woung ^b   Kwon, Hee Uk ^a   Kim, Eung Kyun ^a   Park, Jeong Min ^a  

^a Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bupivacaine; one lung ventilation; pulmonary shunt; remifentanil; sufentanil; thoracic epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; INSULIN; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY SHUNT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREMEDICATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952585027     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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