Cystic Fibrosis
50 Cystic Fibrosis Giorgio Della Rocca, Alessandra Della Rocca Abstract Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system, and other organs in…
Perioperative Arrhythmias During Thoracic Surgery
22 Perioperative Arrhythmias During Thoracic Surgery Spencer P. Walsh, David Amar Abstract Cardiac arrythmias are the most frequent postoperative complications affecting up to 20% of patients undergoing thoracic surgery. The…
Lung Isolation in Patients With a Difficult Airway in Thoracic Anesthesia
17 Lung Isolation in Patients With a Difficult Airway in Thoracic Anesthesia Javier H. Campos Abstract Patients who present with a difficult airway and require one-lung ventilation represent a challenge…
Postoperative Management of Acute Pain
24 Postoperative Management of Acute Pain Jeffrey J. Mojica, Eric S. Schwenk, Uzung Yoon, Mark S. Kim, Omar Ben Amer, Eugene R. Viscusi Abstract The pain after thoracic surgery is…
Thoracic Anesthesia inthe Morbidly Obese Patient: Obstructive Sleep Apnea
49 Thoracic Anesthesia inthe Morbidly Obese Patient: Obstructive Sleep Apnea George W. Kanellakos, Jay B. Brodsky Abstract The anesthetic management of obese patients differs from that of normal-weight patients. Obesity…
Esophageal Procedures
44 Esophageal Procedures Wolfgang Baar#, Johannes Hell#, Torsten Loop Abstract Esophageal surgery in adults shows high perioperative morbidity (52%) and mortality (12%). Postoperative complications are mainly pulmonary related, with an…
High-Frequency Ventilation: Applications in Thoracic Anesthesia
14 High-Frequency Ventilation: Applications in Thoracic Anesthesia Jakob Wittenstein, Marcelo Gama de Abreu Abstract The term high-frequency ventilation (HFV) is used to describe different techniques of mechanical ventilation that use…
Lung Resection and Pulmonary Hypertension
36 Lung Resection and Pulmonary Hypertension Leila Hosseinian, Benjamin S. Salter Abstract Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) undergoing thoracic surgery have a higher morbidity and mortality compared with other procedures….
Hemodynamic Monitoring in Thoracic Surgical Patients
12 Hemodynamic Monitoring in Thoracic Surgical Patients Karl D. Hillenbrand,, Robert H. Thiele Abstract Thoracic surgery is a rapidly changing surgical subspecialty that presents the anesthesiology community with a myriad…
Preoperative Evaluation: Assessment of Preoperative Risk
8 Preoperative Evaluation: Assessment of Preoperative Risk Allen Ninh, David Bronheim Introduction The main purposes of a comprehensive preoperative evaluation before thoracic surgery are to assess the risk associated with…
