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Special Airway Devices for Thoracic Anesthesia: CPAP, PEEP, and Airway Exchange Catheters

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Treatment of hypoxemia during OLV and tube exchanges between single and double lumen tubes are situations unique to thoracic anesthesia which require special airway devices. This ­chapter focuses on technical aspects of the following devices

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  • Hogue CW. Effectiveness of low levels of non-ventilated lung CPAP in improving arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation. Anesth Analg. 1994;79:364–7.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sarah H. Wiser (Instructor in Anaesthesia Harvard Medical School Thoracic Anaesthesiologist)

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  1. Perioperative and Pain Medicine,, Harvard Medical School, Assistant Prof, Dept of Anesthesiology,, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Philip M. Hartigan

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Wiser, S.H. (2012). Special Airway Devices for Thoracic Anesthesia: CPAP, PEEP, and Airway Exchange Catheters. In: Hartigan, P. (eds) Practical Handbook of Thoracic Anesthesia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88493-6_10

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