Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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António Couceiro

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• Research Article
  Spontaneous One-Lung Ventilation Increases the Lung Inflammatory Response: An Experimental Pilot Study
  Author(s): Humberto S Machado, Paula Sá, Catarina S Nunes, António Couceiro, Álvaro Moreira da Silva and Artur Águas Humberto S Machado, Paula Sá, Catarina S Nunes, António Couceiro, Álvaro Moreira da Silva and Artur Águas
  
  Study objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate if spontaneous one-lung ventilation would induce any type of inflammatory lung response when compared to spontaneous two-lung ventilation and its intensity, by quantification of inflammatory cells in lung histology at the end of the procedure. Design: In vivo prospective randomised animal study Setting: University research laboratory Subjects: New Zealand rabbits Interventions: Rabbits (n=20) were randomly assigned to 4 groups (n=5 each group). Groups 1 and 2 were submitted to one-lung ventilation, during 20 and 75 minutes respectively; groups 3 and 4 were submitted to two-lung ventilation during 20 and 75 minutes and considered controls. Ketamine/xylazine was administered for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. One-lung v.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000428

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