The Use of Air in the Inspired Gas Mixture During Two-Lung Ventilation Delays Lung Collapse During One-Lung Ventilation

Abstract

De-nitrogenation of the lung during 2LV is a useful strategy to improve surgical conditions during OLV. The use of FIO(2) 1.0 or N(2)O/O(2) (FIO(2) 0.4) during 2LV did not have an adverse effect on subsequent oxygenation during OLV.