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What is Pulmonary changes in lateral position in the anaesthetized patient? and explain in detail?
In the anaesthetized patient : Dependent lung is relatively under-ventilated and over-perfused Non-dependent lung is over-ventilated and under-perfused. This leads to a generally well tolerated increase in ventilation-perfusion inequality but can cause hypoxaemia in compromised patients.