Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 775-779 , December 2009

The Association Between the Initial End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Difference and the Lowest Arterial Oxygen Tension Value Obtained During One-Lung Anesthesia With Propofol or Sevoflurane

Presented in brief at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA, October 13, 2007.

  • Naokazu Fukuoka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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  • Hiroki Iida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hiroki Iida, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-City, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeru Akamatsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Kiyoshi Nagase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Hisashi Iwata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Advanced Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Shuji Dohi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

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 Supported by Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research No. 18591697 (Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan).

PII: S1053-0770(09)00103-7

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.03.023

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 775-779 , December 2009

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