In reply: Non-ventilated lung airway occlusion during one-lung ventilation: a need for further research?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
² Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada. jbuss@criucpq.ulaval.ca.

Comment

Jacques Somma et al. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;68(9):1458-1459.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02054-7. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
² Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada. jbuss@criucpq.ulaval.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: bronchial cuff leak; double-lumen tube; hemodynamic instability; one-lung ventilation; tension pneumothorax.

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Non-ventilated lung deflation during one-lung ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube: a randomized-controlled trial of occluding the non-ventilated endobronchial lumen before pleural opening.
Somma J, Couture ÉJ, Pelletier S, Provencher S, Moreault O, Lohser J, Ugalde PA, Vigneault L, Lemieux J, Somma A, Guay SE, Bussières JS. Somma J, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Jun;68(6):801-811. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-01957-9. Epub 2021 Apr 2. Can J Anaesth. 2021. PMID: 33797018 Clinical Trial. English.
Non-ventilated lung airway occlusion during one-lung ventilation: a need for further research?
Pfitzner J. Pfitzner J. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Sep;68(9):1456-1457. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02053-8. Epub 2021 Jun 17. Can J Anaesth. 2021. PMID: 34142337 No abstract available.

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