The Evolution of Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation

Daniel Sellers; Wilfred Cassar-Demajo; Shaf Keshavjee; Peter Slinger

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.034

The Evolution of Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Jun;31(3):1071-1079. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.034. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Authors

Daniel Sellers¹, Wilfred Cassar-Demajo², Shaf Keshavjee³, Peter Slinger³

Affiliations

¹ Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: daniel.sellers@uhn.ca.
² Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

PMID: 28216199
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.034

No abstract available

Keywords: ex vivo lung perfusion; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; immunosuppression; ketamine; lung transplant anesthesia; primary graft dysfunction; reperfusion injury; right ventricular failure; thoracic anesthesia; transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, General / methods*
Anesthesia, General / trends
Bronchiectasis / diagnostic imaging
Bronchiectasis / surgery*
Female
Humans
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Lung Transplantation / trends
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Fibrosis / surgery*