The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2020

Selected highlights in thoracic anesthesia in 2020 include updates in the preoperative assessment and prehabilitation of patients undergoing thoracic surgery, updates in one lung ventilation (OLV), pertaining to the devices used for OLV, the use of dexmedetomidine for lung protection during OLV, and protective ventilation, recommendations for the care of thoracic surgical patients with Covid-19, a review of recent meta-analyses comparing truncal blocks to paravertebral and thoracic epidural blocks, and a review of outcomes after initiating the enhanced recovery after surgery guidelines for lung and esophageal surgery.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research