Tension Pneumothorax During One-Lung Ventilation - An Underestimated Complication?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Jun;32(3):1398-1402. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.07.022. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

Authors

Dominik Johannes Hoechter¹, Eike Speck², Daniel Siegl², Henning Laven², Bernhard Zwissler², Tobias Kammerer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany. Electronic address: dhoechte@med.lmu.de.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.

PMID: 29361455
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.07.022

No abstract available

Keywords: complications; one lung ventilation; tension pneumothorax; thoracic surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
One-Lung Ventilation / adverse effects*
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumothorax / etiology*