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[Airway management for one-lung ventilation]
J Motsch1, K Wiedemann, J Roggenbach
1Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg. johann.motsch@thoraxklinik-heidelberg.de
Abstract:
The progress in sophisticated and complex operating methods for intrathoracic procedures demands reliable lung separation with the possibility of one-lung ventilation. Patients with thoracic traumas and pulmonary emergencies can confront any anaesthesiologist with the need for lung separating procedures. This review describes the contemporary procedures for lung separation. The special aspects of difficult airway management during one-lung ventilation and the indications for one-lung ventilation are described in detail. The pathophysiological changes during one-lung ventilation and strategies to avoid hypoxemia and to preserve adequate oxygenation are discussed.
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