• J Thorac Dis · Nov 2017

    Short-term inpatient-based high-intensive pulmonary rehabilitation for lung cancer patients: is it feasible and effective?

    • Kun Zhou, Jianhua Su, Yutian Lai, Pengfei Li, Shuangjiang Li, and Guowei Che.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
    • J Thorac Dis. 2017 Nov 1; 9 (11): 4486-4493.

    BackgroundThis study was conducted to develop a preoperative in-hospital short-term rehabilitation program for surgical lung cancer patients, and investigate its feasibility, potential cost benefit and effectiveness on outcome measures including reduction of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) and postoperative length of stay.MethodsA 7-day inpatient-based high-intensive rehabilitation regimen was performed between March 01, 2014 and June 30, 2015. It was combined with inspiratory muscles training (IMT) and aerobic endurance training and was tested in an enriched cohort study with 939 lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy in a regional thoracic unit.ResultsFinally, 939 patients were divided into pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) group (n=197) and non-PR (NPR) group (n=742), according to whether they received the 7-day preoperative in-hospital systematic rehabilitation. The PR group had a shorter total length of stay (14.7±4.0 vs. 16.7±6.2 days, P<0.001) as well as postoperative length of stay (6.2±3.3 vs. 8.3±5.6 days, P<0.001) than the NPR group. Lower incidences of total PPCs (18.3%, 36/197 vs. 26.1%, 194/742, P=0.022), pneumonia (11.2%, 22/197 vs. 17.3%, 128/742, P=0.024) and atelectasis (6.6%, 13/197 vs. 12.3%, 91/742, P=0.038) were found in the PR group compared with NPR group. Meanwhile, a multivariable analysis of risk to PPCs, atelectasis and pneumonia, revealed that the PR intervention was the independent risk factor of the occurrence of the PPCs (OR =0.57, 95% CI: 0.47 to 0.93, P=0.033) and atelectasis (OR =0.49, 95% CI: 0.26 to 0.91, P=0.024).ConclusionsThe study showed the effectiveness of this systematic and high-intensive PR combining IMT and aerobic exercise in reductions of the length of stay and occurrence of PPCs without increase in in-hospital cost, suggesting the potential of this rehabilitation pattern as a practicable strategy performed preoperatively in surgical lung cancer patients.

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