Respiratory Function after Pneumonectomy

Respiratory function after pneumonectomy.

Regional lung function after pneumonectomy.

Hail, D. R. (1974). Thorax, 29, 425-431. Regional lung function after pneumonectomy. Regional lung function was studied with xenon-133 in 10 patients with bronchial carcinoma before and again three to six months after pneumonectomy. It was found that ventilation and perfusion were often considerably reduced in the tumour-bearing lung and that the greater part of the cardiac output had apparentl...

Respiratory distress following pneumonectomy.

A 60-year-old man was referred to the thoracic surgery service with a large mass in the right upper lobe of his lung. He had a 4-week history of productive cough and hemoptysis. A chest radiograph was obtained after antibiotic therapy failed to resolve the symptoms. He had no history of weight loss, fevers, or chest pain. He had smoked until 2 years prior and had an 80 pack-year history of ciga...

Dyspnoea after pneumonectomy.

We report the case of a 61 yr old male, who developed a severe right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale, in the absence of elevated right-sided heart pressures, two months after a left-sided pneumonectomy. This is considered to be a rare complication after pneumonectomy. However, taking into account the approximately 20% incidence of patent foramen ovale in the general population, we ...

Left diaphragmatic hernia after pneumonectomy

Patients undergoing pneumonectomy can suffer by cardiovascular and respiratory postoperative complications that can affect patient's outcome by increasing morbidity and mortality. We describe a diaphragmatic hernia occurring after pneumonectomy. with late presentation and with epidural analgesia confusing the scenario suggesting that anesthesiologists should remain aware on this complication ev...