Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jun 1999
[Inhalation administration of nitric oxide during selective pulmonary ventilation decreases the intrapulmonary shunt].
To assess the effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) on oxygenation and hemodynamics in patients undergoing lung resection surgery during one-lung ventilation (OPV). ⋯ Inhalational administration of NO during OLV significantly improves arterial oxygenation and decreases intrapulmonary shunt during OLV, without causing hemodynamic or systemic effects.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jun 1999
Case Reports[Sevoflurane in airway management using fibrobronchoscopy: apropos of 2 difficult orotracheal intubation cases].
We report two cases of difficult orotracheal intubation in which intubation with a fiberoptic bronchoscope was performed after induction with an inhalational anesthetic. Mild inhalational anesthesia with sevoflurane was started fairly rapidly, with no respiratory incidences. The tubes were then inserted through a fiberoptic bronchoscope, with no airway management problems.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jun 1999
[Air seepage from endotracheal tube cuffs during anesthetic procedures. How to solve this problem without changing tubes? An experimental model using human tracheas].
To demonstrate by an experimental model that a continuous medicinal airflow system giving a pressure of 30 cmH2O effectively stops leakage from endotracheal tubes. ⋯ We found that adjusting flow and pressure is a valid way to stop leakage from small holes. The method does not control leakage from large holes or cuts.