RT Book, Section
A1 Shaw, Andrew D.
A1 Grichnik, Katherine
A1 Barbeito, Atilio
A1 Campos, Javier
A2 Barbeito, Atilio
A2 Shaw, Andrew D.
A2 Grichnik, Katherine
SR Print(0)
ID 56782810
T1 Chapter 5. Lung Separation Techniques
T2 Thoracic Anesthesia
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162566-1
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56782810
RD 2024/04/16
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.