Inhaled epoprostenol during one-lung ventilation.

Raghunathan, Karthik; Connelly, Neil Roy; Robbins, Larry D; Ganim, Rose; Hochheiser, Gary; DiCampli, Rebecca · Ann Thorac Surg · 2010

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We used inhaled epoprostenol (with intravenous phenylephrine) during one-lung ventilation to improve oxygenation in a patient with severe interstitial lung disease undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The pharmacologic manipulation of pulmonary blood flow remains an underused strategy for the management of hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation.

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