BACKGROUNDOne Lung Anaesthesia (OLA) is used in thoracic surgery for prevention of spillage of blood and pus into the healthy lung to facilitate surgical exposure. During OLA since the collapsed lung continues to be perfused, there will be large right to left shunt which leads to hypoxaemia.
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