Federico Piccioni, Andrea Droghetti, Alessandro Bertani, Cecilia Coccia, Antonio Corcione, Angelo Guido Corsico, Roberto Crisci, Carlo Curcio, Carlo Del Naja, Paolo Feltracco, Diego Fontana, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Camillo Lopez, Domenico Massullo, Mario Nosotti, Riccardo Ragazzi, Marco Rispoli, Stefano Romagnoli, Raffaele Scala, Luigia Scudeller, Marco Taurchini, Silvia Tognella, Marzia Umari, Franco Valenza, Flavia Petrini
INTRODUCTION: Anesthetic care in patients undergoing thoracic surgery presents specific challenges that require a multidisciplinary approach to management. There remains a need for standardized, evidence-based, continuously updated guidelines for perioperative care in these patients. METHODS: A multidisciplinary expert group, the Perioperative Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery (PACTS) group, was established to develop recommendations for anesthesia practice in patients undergoing elective lung resection for lung cancer...
2020: Perioperative Medicine