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. 2021 Oct;35(10):2855-2868.
doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.04.012. Epub 2021 Apr 17.

The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020

Michael L Boisen  1 , Rohesh J Fernando  2 , Lavinia Kolarczyk  3 , Emily Teeter  3 , Travis Schisler  4 , Luca La Colla  1 , Vladyslav Melnyk  5 , Constantin Robles  1 , Vidya K Rao  6 , Theresa A Gelzinis  7
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The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020

Michael L Boisen et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Selected highlights in thoracic anesthesia in 2020 include updates in the preoperative assessment and prehabilitation of patients undergoing thoracic surgery; updates in one-lung ventilation (OLV) pertaining to the devices used for OLV; the use of dexmedetomidine for lung protection during OLV and protective ventilation, recommendations for the care of thoracic surgical patients with coronavirus disease 2019; a review of recent meta-analyses comparing truncal blocks with paravertebral and thoracic epidural blocks; and a review of outcomes after initiating the enhanced recovery after surgery guidelines for lung and esophageal surgery.

Keywords: OLV devices; dexmedetomidine; enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery; prehabilitation; protective one-lung ventilation; thoracic surgery and COVID-19; truncal regional blocks.

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