Current opinion in anaesthesiology
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Feb 2006
ReviewLung injury after thoracic surgery and one-lung ventilation.
An update is provided for anaesthetists, on recent work investigating the incidence and cause of lung injury following thoracic surgery. Pulmonary damage is also discussed in relation to the management of one-lung ventilation. ⋯ Pulmonary damage in the form of acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after thoracic surgery. An understanding of the pathogenesis of lung damage, following thoracic surgery, may enable anaesthetists to modify this process and decrease the incidence and severity of the problem.