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Cardiopulmonary Bypass Strategies to Maintain Brain Perfusion during Lung Transplantation in a Patient with Severe Hypercapnia.

Bongyeon SohnSamina ParkHyun Joo LeeJin Hee JeongSun Mi ChoiSang-Min LeeJeoung-Hwa SeoYoung Tae Kim
Published in: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)
Herein, we report a case of lung transplantation in a patient with profound preoperative hypercapnia, focusing on the cardiopulmonary bypass strategy used for brain perfusion during the operation. We applied the pH-stat method for acid-base regulation, and thereby achieved the desired outcome without any neurologic deficit.
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