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Single-lung ventilation for pulmonary lobe resection in a newborn
Christoph Schmidt1, Georg Rellensmann, Hugo Van Aken
1Departments of *Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive-Care Medicine, †Pediatrics, and ‡Chest, Heart, and Vascular Surgery, University of Münster Hospital, Münster, Germany; §Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, The Canberra Hospital, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and ∥Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive-Care Medicine, St.-Antonius-Hospital, Kleve, Germany.
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The increasing frequency of video-assisted thoracoscopic interventions as well as open thoracic surgical procedures in children demands appropriate anesthetic techniques to provide single-lung ventilation. A fiberoptically directed, wire-guided 5F endobronchial blocker for use in small infants has recently been devised. We report on the very special aspects of airway management in a newborn 3000-g infant who presented a major anesthetic and surgical challenge because of congenital emphysema of the left upper pulmonary lobe.
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The special aspects of single-lung ventilation in a newborn 3000-g infant who presented a major anesthetic and surgical challenge because of congenital emphysema of the left upper pulmonary lobe are reported.
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