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What Are the Specific Challenges in the Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation After Thoracic Surgery?

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Incidence of the requirement of prolonged mechanical ventilation after thoracic surgery appears to be decreasing. However, the importance of some severe and specific challenges remains the same. As an example, combination of prolonged air leakage and respiratory insufficiency can be considered as a double-edged sword. Besides the classical approach of “protective” ventilation, which should also be examined again and again, methods like “high-frequency jet ventilation” and “independent lung ventilation” should be considered in selected cases. Not at least, a physician dealing with the postthoracotomy patient should be familiar with the management of chest tubes in different cases.

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology and Thoracic Surgery, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

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  2. Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mert Şentürk

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Cohen, E., Biro, P., Şentürk, M. (2017). What Are the Specific Challenges in the Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation After Thoracic Surgery?. In: Şentürk, M., Orhan Sungur, M. (eds) Postoperative Care in Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19908-5_11

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