British journal of anaesthesia
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Arterial oxygenation can change during one-lung ventilation for reasons that are not fully understood. ⋯ Oxygenation can improve during one-lung ventilation in some patients. This improvement is partly related to a marked increase in Pa(O(2)) during compression of the non-dependent lung.
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We describe an adult patient with gastric volvulus caused by a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Anaesthetic management was complicated by cardiovascular instability, respiratory distress and unexpectedly difficult intubation.