• Anesthesia and analgesia · Dec 2003

    Risk factors for acute lung injury after thoracic surgery for lung cancer.

    • Marc Licker, Marc de Perrot, Anastase Spiliopoulos, John Robert, John Diaper, Catherine Chevalley, and Jean-Marie Tschopp.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland. marc-joseph.licker@hcuge.ch
    • Anesth. Analg. 2003 Dec 1;97(6):1558-65.

    UnlabelledAcute lung injury (ALI) may complicate thoracic surgery and is a major contributor to postoperative mortality. We analyzed risk factors for ALI in a cohort of 879 consecutive patients who underwent pulmonary resections for non-small cell lung carcinoma. Clinical, anesthetic, surgical, radiological, biochemical, and histopathologic data were prospectively collected. The total incidence of ALI was 4.2% (n = 37). In 10 cases, intercurrent complications (bronchopneumonia, n = 5; bronchopulmonary fistula, n = 2; gastric aspiration, n = 2; thromboembolism, n = 1) triggered the onset of ALI 3 to 12 days after surgery, and this was associated with a 60% mortality rate (secondary ALI). In the remaining 27 patients, no clinical adverse event preceded the development of ALI-0 to 3 days after surgery-that was associated with a 26% mortality rate (primary ALI). Four independent risk factors for primary ALI were identified: high intraoperative ventilatory pressure index (odds ratio, 3.5; 95% confidence interval, 1.7-8.4), excessive fluid infusion (odds ratio, 2.9; 95% confidence interval, 1.9-7.4), pneumonectomy (odds ratio, 2.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.4-6.3), and preoperative alcohol abuse (odds ratio, 1.9; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-4.6). In conclusion, we describe two clinical forms of post-thoracotomy ALI: 1). delayed-onset ALI triggered by intercurrent complications and 2). an early form of ALI amenable to risk-reducing strategies, including preoperative alcohol abstinence, lung-protective ventilatory modes, and limited fluid intake.ImplicationsIn an observational study including all patients undergoing lung surgery, we describe two clinical forms of acute lung injury (ALI): a delayed-onset form triggered by intercurrent complications and an early form associated with preoperative alcohol consumption, pneumonectomy, high intraoperative pressure index, and excessive fluid intake over the first 24 h.

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