Oxygenation During One-Lung Ventilation: The Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Increasing Levels of Inspired Fraction of Oxygen

Konrad Schwarzkopf, U. Klein, Torsten Schreiber, Niels-Peter Preuler, Frank Bloos, Herry Helfritsch, Franziska Sauer, Waheedullah Karzai

Anesthesia & Analgesia · 2001 · 75 citations · 12 references

Abstract

Inhaled nitric oxide failed to improve oxygenation during one-lung ventilation. Oxygenation during one-lung ventilation was improved with increasing levels of FIO(2) during ventilation of the right versus the left lung and with increasing pathology of the nonventilated lung.

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