It is concluded that in thoracoplasty patients with mild hypoxemia during wakefulness, the degree of sleep-related oxygen desaturation was modest and closely related to the waking level of SaO2. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Nocturnal hypoxemia is common in patients with hypercapnia or borderline low arterial PO2 during daytime • Cor pulmonale may develop as a result of hypoxemia and resultant pulmonary hypertension Philips, Kinnear. Thorax 42;1987:445. [docsity.com]

The Coryllos periosteal elevator is ideal for stripping the rib and invaluable for freeing the necks of ribs and the transverse processes. The Matson or Cameron Haight elevators are used for stripping both surfaces of the first rib ( Fig. 65-2A ). [thoracickey.com]

Cavitary lesions were a sign of serious infection and signaled the failure of host defenses to contain the organisms. [scholars.northwestern.edu]

Two patients had infection with Aspergillus fumigatis and 1 patient had Coccidioides immitis. Two patients had received mediastinal radiation after prior upper lobectomy for carcinoma of the lung. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]