Anesth Analg 2005;101:362-364
© 2005 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000156007.97090.DA
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
Single-Lung Ventilation for Pulmonary Lobe Resection in a Newborn
Christoph Schmidt, MD*,
Georg Rellensmann, MD ,
Hugo Van Aken, MD, PhD, FRCA, FANZCA*,
Michael Semik, MD, PhD ,
Thomas Bruessel, MD, PhD, FANZCA , and
Dietmar Enk, MD||
Departments of *Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive-Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Chest, Heart, and Vascular Surgery, University of Münster Hospital, Münster, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, The Canberra Hospital, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and ||Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive-Care Medicine, St.-Antonius-Hospital, Kleve, Germany
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Christoph Schmidt, MD, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, D-48149 Münster, Germany. Address e-mail to schmch{at}uni-muenster.de.
The increasing frequency of video-assisted thoracoscopic interventions as well as open thoracic surgical procedures in children demands appropriate anesthetic techniques to provide single-lung ventilation. A fiberoptically directed, wire-guided 5F endobronchial blocker for use in small infants has recently been devised. We report on the very special aspects of airway management in a newborn 3000-g infant who presented a major anesthetic and surgical challenge because of congenital emphysema of the left upper pulmonary lobe.
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