Download – One Lung Ventilation

One lung ventilation (OLV) is the term used in thoracic anaesthesia to describe the ability to ventilate one of a patient’s lungs, allowing the other one to collapse. This article will describe indications for OLV, techniques used to achieve OLV, the physiological changes associated with OLV and ways that oxygenation can be improved during OLV.

Lesley Strachan