Immunomodulatory effect of propofol versus sevoflurane in patients undergoing thoracic surgery using one lung ventilation technique
Introduction: One lung ventilation (OLV) has become a standard procedure for many interventions in thoracic surgery with a need for deflation of the lung to facilitate the surgical procedure. Mechanical ventilation can induce a proinflammatory reaction in the non-deflated ventilated lung. However on...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001817 |