Key result
One-lung ventilation is linked to acute lung injury and increased postoperative pulmonary complications.
Why the study?
Does one-lung ventilation cause acute lung injury in patients undergoing complex intrathoracic surgeries?
Does one-lung ventilation cause acute lung injury in patients undergoing complex intrathoracic surgeries?
One-lung ventilation during intrathoracic surgery is a recognized risk factor for acute lung injury and postoperative pulmonary complications.
(Abstracted from Anesth Analg, 121:302–318, 2015) One-lung ventilation (OLV) enables complex intrathoracic surgeries but has also become a recognized risk factor for acute lung injury (ALI). It is associated with increased postoperative pulmonary complications and histologic/biochemical lung injury in patients.
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Lohser et al. (2016) studied this question. One-lung ventilation is a recognized risk factor for acute lung injury and is associated with increased postoperative pulmonary complications and histologic or biochemical lung injury.
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