[Clinical study on patients with lateral position test (LPT) for determining the relative function on each lung].
Comparing the lateral position test (LPT) on 20 patients of lung cancer with bronchospirometry of tracheal intubation, the authors found that the VC, oxygen uptake were in high positive correlation, while VE were in moderate positive correlation. Therefore, they conclude that LPT could substitute the complicated tracheal intubation for determining the relative function of each lung before the total pneumonectomy.
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic↗