Research Article
Who Needs to Be Allocated in ICU after Thoracic Surgery? An Observational Study
Table 2
Comparison of effective use of ICU group ineffective use of ICU group characteristics.
| | | Effective use of ICU | | | | Yes
n = 30 | No
n = 90 |
| | Male, n (%) | 17 (57%) | 48 (53%) | 0.75 | | Age and years, mean (SD) | 58 (13) | 55 (12) | 0.23 | | Smokers and ex-smokers, n (%) | 19 (63%) | 56 (62%) | 0.91 | | Respiratory symptoms, n (%) | 28 (93%) | 60 (67%) | 0.004 | | Comorbidities, median [IQR] | 2 [2-3] | 2 [1–3] | 0.04 | | Charlson index, median [IQR] | 3 [2–4] | 3 [2–4] | 0.26 | | ASA | | | | | 1 | 0 (0%) | 4 (5%) | <0.001 | | 2 | 25 (83%) | 86 (95%) | | 3 | 5 (17%) | 0 (0%) | | Functional tests, % predict, mean SD | | | | | FVC | | | 0.22 | | FEV1/FVC | | | 0.38 | | ppoFEV1 | | | 0.06 | | | (n = 31) | (n = 31) | 0.38 | | | (n = 31) | (n = 31) | 0.51 | | Anaesthesia time, hours, mean (SD) | 6.9 (1.9) | 5.9 (1.7) | 0.008 | | n resected segments, median [IQR] | 3 [1.75–9] | 3 [0–5] | 0.18 | | Pneumonectomy, (%) | 8 (27%) | 8 (9%) | 0.03 | | Histopathological diagnosis | | | | | Benign | 15 (50%) | 26 (29%) | 0.025 | | Malign | 13 (43%) | 39 (43%) | | Metastasis | 2 (7%) | 25 (28%) |
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ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists; : carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC: forced volume capacity; IQR = interquartile ratio; n: number; : predicted postoperative carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity; : predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in one second; SD: standard deviation.
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