RT Book, Section
A1 Stafford-Smith, Mark
A2 Barbeito, Atilio
A2 Shaw, Andrew D.
A2 Grichnik, Katherine
SR Print(0)
ID 56784494
T1 Chapter 13. Lung Resections for Cancer and Benign Chest Tumors
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=56784494
RD 2024/04/20
AB Although  many  of  the  challenges  to  the  anesthesiologist  posed  by  lung  resection  surgery  are  similar  to  those  with  other  surgeries,  acute  major  hemorrhage  is  one  that  is  particularly  lethal  and  requires  serious  preparation  for  every  case.Lung  resection  surgeries  are  a  highly  morbid  group  of  procedures,  with  mortality  rates  that  are  equivalent  to  or  exceed  elective  coronary  artery  bypass  surgery.  Notably,  a  significant  number  of  the  serious  complications  of  lung  resection  occur  beyond  the  immediate  surgical  period  and  are  related  to  postoperative  respiratory  insufficiency.The  anesthesiologist  makes  many  decisions  perioperatively  that  influence  respiratory  function  and  can  conceivably  contribute  to  postoperative  insufficiency.  It  is  imperative  in  caring  for  lung  resection  patients  that  the  anesthesiologist  be  conscious  of  these  issues  and  avoid  any  unwitting  contribution  to  the  burden  of  risk  for  respiratory  impairment  and  failed  tracheal  extubation  after  lung  resection  surgery.