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Table 4 Postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing lung cancer resection

From: Impact of intraoperative lung-protective interventions in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery

 

Historical control cohort (n = 533)

PLV cohort (n = 558)

P value

Length of hospital stay (days)

14.5 (3.3)

11.8 (4.1)*

< 0.001

Admission to the intensive care unit (%)

9.4

2.5*

< 0.001

Mortality (%)

2.8

2.3

0.753

Reoperation (%)

1.0

1.6

0.687

Respiratory complications (%)

14.4

10.8

0.080

   Atelectasis

8.8

5.0*

0.018

   Pneumonia

5.6

4.1

0.309

   Bronchopleural fistula

1.5

1.3

0.873

   Acute lung injury

3.8

0.9*

0.032

Pneumonectomy

10.7

3.1

0.094

Lobectomy, bi-lobectomy

1.7

0.2

0.174

Lesser resection

3.8

0.7

0.282

   Mechanical ventilation >24 hours

4.1

3.5

0.379

Cardiovascular complications (%)

12.0

11.3

0.723

   Myocardial infarct

1.3

0.9

0.711

   Heart failure

0.9

1.4

0.635

   Stroke

0.8

0.7

0.951

   Arrhythmia's

11.8

10.4

0.514

Renal dysfunction

5.1

3.0

0.123

  1. Data presented as mean (standard deviation) or percentage. *P < 0.05 between the two groups; χ2 test with Yates correction or unpaired Student t test.