Anaes SAQs · Thoracic anaesthesia & one-lung ventilation
The hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and the OLV hypoxia
Primary — the HPV (the constriction of the hypoxic pulmonary arterioles, the reduced shunt by 50%); the volatile-inhibition (the TIVA-the-preferred); the hypoxia-management (the FiO2, the PEEP, the CPAP, the recruitment, the two-lung, the surgeon).
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Describe the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (the HPV), its role during the OLV, the factors that affect it, and the management of the hypoxia during the OLV.
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Describe the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (the HPV), its role during the OLV, the factors that affect it, and the management of the hypoxia during the OLV.
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