One-lung ventilation and arterial oxygenation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Ishikawa, Seiji ^a,b   Lohser, Jens ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygenation; Hypoxemia; One lung ventilation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALVEOLAR RECRUITMENT MANEUVER; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOBRONCHIAL VENTILATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH FREQUENCY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATION; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VENTILATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE CONTROL VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; VOLUME CONTROL VENTILATION;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANOXIA; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 79952767502     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283415659     Document Type: Review

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