Evaluation of pulmonary functiontest : How to anticipate cardio-pulmonary complications after lung resection

Pulmonary arterial enlargement predicts cardiopulmonary complications after pulmonary resection for lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND The finding of pulmonary arterial enlargement on computed tomography has been reported to be associated with pulmonary hypertension. On the other hand, pulmonary hypertension is a known risk factor for thoracic surgery. We investigated whether pulmonary arterial enlargement predicts cardiopulmonary complications following pulmonary resection for lung cancer. METHODS We reviewed 237...

Acute lung injury after pulmonary resection.

Primary Acute Lung Injury (ALI) after lung resection (or "post-pneumonectomy pulmonary edema") is a rare form of acute respiratory failure characterized by dyspnea, hypoxemia, diffuse infiltrates on chest radiogram, and rapid evolution often unresponsive to therapy. ALI occurs almost exclusively following pneumonectomy, within 3 days from surgery and without a preceding cause. Factors implicate...

Clinical-epidemiological study on the incidence of postoperative complications after pulmonary resection for lung cancer.

AIM To determine the relationship between the characteristics of a group of lung cancer patients, lung cancer surgeries, and the incidence of early and/or late postoperative complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included a group of 115 lung cancer patients aged 40 to 85 years, 76.5% men, 60.91% living in urban areas, who received surgical treatment in the interval January 2013-August ...

Lung resection for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Efficacy of Systemic Postoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Lung Resection Surgery

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of systemic pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) after lung resection in patients with lung cancer. METHODS Forty-one patients undergoing lung resection were enrolled and classified into the experimental (n=31) and control groups (n=10). The experimental group underwent post-operative systemic PR which was conducted 30 min/day on every hospitalization day by an ...