Today, we discuss several cases addressing one-lung ventilation with special guest, Dr Ivan Rapchuk.

Case number 2 describes a 59 year old woman with non-small cell lung cancer of the left lung who is scheduled for a left pneumonectomy on your list later this afternoon. Her medical history includes hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes and obesity with a BMI 32, weight of 85kg and a height of 1.63m. She previously smoked 10 cigarettes daily but quit when she was diagnosed with lung cancer, and she denies any prior diagnosis of emphysema.

And our last case - number 3 - is as follows: you’re the cardiothoracic anaesthetist on call and you get phoned by the cardiothoracic surgical registrar. A 22 year old male patient was admitted 24 hours ago with a spontaneous pneumothorax. He had a chest drain inserted when he initially presented but now it’s not working and he is developing worsening shortness of breath. He is thin and has no other medical issues. The surgeons want to do an urgent bullectomy.

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