Research Article

The Predictive Value of Infant-Specific Preoperative Pulmonary Function Tests in Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Infants with Congenital Heart Diseases

Table 4

Relationship between preoperative pulmonary function tests (without normal range) and postoperative pulmonary complications.

GroupsPPC (19)Non-PPC (103) value

TIF50/TEF50>0.05
PEF (ml/s)>0.05
TPTEF (s)>0.05

Numbers in brackets represent cases in PPC group or no-PPC group.