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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:825
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Independent lung ventilation in adult single-lung transplantation: Is it time for fast-track anesthesia and early tracheal extubation?

John G.T. Augoustides, MD, FASE

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa

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To the Editor:

I read with great interest the recent article by Pilcher and colleagues1Go detailing their experience with independent lung ventilation (ILV) in adult single-lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (N = 170: 1990–2005). The incidence of ILV was 12% (20/170): the 2 multivariate predictors were preoperative percentage predicted total lung capacity (odds ratio 1.04; confidence intervals 1.01–1.07; P = .032) and postoperative reduction in the arterial oxygen tension/inspired oxygen fraction (PaO 2/FIO 2) ratio (odds . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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