Anaes Vivas · Thoracic anaesthesia
Pulmonary hypertension and COPD in thoracic anaesthesia — viva
Structured oral examination station for pulmonary-hypertension-copd-thoracic.
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Prompt
Echo shows severe RV dilation and high PASP; listed for lung resection.
Risk (3 min)
Is surgery appropriate? What data?
References3ShowHide
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- [2]Brassard CL et al. Step-by-step clinical management of one-lung ventilation: continuing professional development. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2014.PMID 25389025
- [3]Karzai W, Schwarzkopf K. Hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation: prediction, prevention, and treatment. Anesthesiology, 2009.PMID 19417615