The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
; 35(10): 2855-2868, 2021 10.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34053812
ABSTRACT
Selected highlights in thoracic anesthesia in 2020 include updates in the preoperative assessment and prehabilitation of patients undergoing thoracic surgery; updates in one-lung ventilation (OLV) pertaining to the devices used for OLV; the use of dexmedetomidine for lung protection during OLV and protective ventilation, recommendations for the care of thoracic surgical patients with coronavirus disease 2019; a review of recent meta-analyses comparing truncal blocks with paravertebral and thoracic epidural blocks; and a review of outcomes after initiating the enhanced recovery after surgery guidelines for lung and esophageal surgery.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
One-Lung Ventilation
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COVID-19
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Anesthesia, Epidural
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Anesthesiology
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
Journal subject:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Panama