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Post-pneumonectomy patients pose challenges in anaesthesia management. Oxygenation and ventilation changes due to the absence of one lung, age, associated systemic co-morbidities and absence of disease in other lung are important factors affecting the outcome after surgery.
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Why is it important?
It's challenging to anesthetize a patient who has undergone pneumonectomy.
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This page is a summary of: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a post-pneumonectomy state, Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.158773.
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