Differential ventilation with spontaneous respiration for bilateral emphysema

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2007 Jun;15(3):e35-7. doi: 10.1177/021849230701500327.

Abstract

In patients with bilateral bullous disease and empyema in one lung, controlled ventilation may be hazardous and result in severe hypoxia. A 50-year-old man with bullous disease and thoracic empyema on the left side was operated on under general anesthesia with spontaneous respiration using differential lung ventilation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General*
  • Blister / pathology
  • Blister / physiopathology
  • Blister / surgery*
  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
  • Empyema, Pleural / pathology
  • Empyema, Pleural / physiopathology
  • Empyema, Pleural / surgery*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal* / instrumentation
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung / physiopathology
  • Lung / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / pathology
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Ventilation
  • Respiration, Artificial* / adverse effects
  • Respiration, Artificial* / methods
  • Respiratory Mechanics
  • Thoracotomy*
  • Treatment Outcome