TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 5. Lung Separation Techniques A1 - Shaw, Andrew D. A1 - Grichnik, Katherine A1 - Barbeito, Atilio A1 - Campos, Javier A2 - Barbeito, Atilio A2 - Shaw, Andrew D. A2 - Grichnik, Katherine Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Thoracic Anesthesia AB - Lung separation allows the anesthesiologist to provide one-lung ventilation (OLV) in patients undergoing lung resection surgery. It is also utilized to facilitate access to other thoracic structures such as the heart, the esophagus, mediastinal lymph nodes, the thoracic aorta, and the thoracic vertebrae.1,2 In addition to facilitating surgical exposure, lung separation is also indicated for prevention of contamination of the contralateral lung from bleeding, pus material, or saline lavage (in cases of hemoptysis, purulent drainage, and lung lavage, respectively), and to allow positive pressure ventilation and adequate gas exchange in the presence of a large bronchopleural fistula. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56782810 ER -