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The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020.
Boisen, Michael L; Fernando, Rohesh J; Kolarczyk, Lavinia; Teeter, Emily; Schisler, Travis; La Colla, Luca; Melnyk, Vladyslav; Robles, Constantin; Rao, Vidya K; Gelzinis, Theresa A.
Affiliation
  • Boisen ML; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Fernando RJ; Cardiothoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
  • Kolarczyk L; Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Teeter E; Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Schisler T; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • La Colla L; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Melnyk V; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Robles C; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Rao VK; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
  • Gelzinis TA; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: gelzinista@anes.upmc.edu.
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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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: One-Lung Ventilation / COVID-19 / Anesthesia, Epidural / Anesthesiology Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth Journal subject: ANESTESIOLOGIA / CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Panama

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: One-Lung Ventilation / COVID-19 / Anesthesia, Epidural / Anesthesiology Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth Journal subject: ANESTESIOLOGIA / CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Panama