Research Article
Who Needs to Be Allocated in ICU after Thoracic Surgery? An Observational Study
Table 1
Characteristics of patients included in the study.
| | Variables | Value |
| | Patient, n | 120 | | Male, n (%) | 65 (54.2) | | Age and years, mean (SD) | 56.2 (12.3) | | Respiratory symptoms, median [IQR] | 2 [0–3] | | Comorbities, median [IQR] | 2 [1–3] | | Charlson index, median [IQR] | 3 [2–4] | | Current or ex-smoker, n (%) | 75 (62.5) | | ASA physical status, n (%) | | | 1 | 4 (3.3) | | 2 | 111 (92.5) | | 3 | 5 (4.2) | | Functional parameters, % predict (n), mean (SD) | | | FVC (120) | 88.4 (17.6) | | (120) | 82.3 (19.2) | | /FVC (120) | 0.75 (0.1) | | (120) | 72.4 (19.3) | | (31) | 64.4 (19.0) | | (31) | 53.4 (15.2) | | Diagnosis after surgery, n (%) | | | Benign | 41 (34.2) | | Malignant | 79 (65.8) | | Primary lung cancer | 52 (65.8) | | Metastatic lung cancer | 27 (34.2) |
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IQR: interquartile ratio; : carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity; : forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC: forced volume capacity; n: number of patients; : predicted postoperative carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity; ppoFEV1: predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in one second; SD: standard deviation.
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