A Simple Effective Pharmacological Treatment of Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation

Davide Chiumello; Silvia Coppola; Erica Ferrari

doi:10.3390/jcm8081139

A Simple Effective Pharmacological Treatment of Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation

J Clin Med. 2019 Jul 31;8(8):1139. doi: 10.3390/jcm8081139.

Authors

Davide Chiumello^{1

2

3}, Silvia Coppola⁴, Erica Ferrari⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy. davide.chiumello@unimi.it.
² Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy. davide.chiumello@unimi.it.
³ Coordinated Research Center on Respiratory Failure, University of Milan, 20123 Milan, Italy. davide.chiumello@unimi.it.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20123 Milan, Italy.

Abstract

Hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation is a challenge in the clinical practice. Moving from the results of the study conducted by Choi et al., we discuss the possibility to modulate hypoxemia by administering iloprost via inhalation, in the light of the physiological mechanisms.

Keywords: hypoxemia; iloprost; one-lung ventilation.

Publication types

Editorial