Non-traditional pulmonary function tests in risk stratification of anatomic lung resection: a retrospective review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines advocate pulmonary function testing (PFT) in preoperative evaluation before lung resection. Although forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) are recommended, they are often poor predictors of complications.

Objectives

Determine if PFT testing results other than FEV1 and DLCO are associated with post-operative complications. We hypothesized that other PFT test results may improve the prediction of post-operative complications.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of a single institution.

Methods

We analyzed patients who underwent anatomic lung resections from 1/2007 to 1/2017. Percent predicted post-operative (ppo) PFT values were calculated for each test result. Outcome of interest

SUBMITTER: Towe CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11647997 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature