• J Thorac Dis · Jul 2018

    Preoperative peak expiratory flow (PEF) for predicting postoperative pulmonary complications after lung cancer lobectomy: a prospective study with 725 cases.

    • Yutian Lai, Xin Wang, Pengfei Li, Jue Li, Kun Zhou, and Guowei Che.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
    • J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jul 1; 10 (7): 4293-4301.

    BackgroundThe study aimed to investigate the correlation between peak expiratory flow (PEF) and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) for lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy.MethodsPatients who were diagnosed with resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (n=725) were prospectively analyzed and the relationship between the preoperative PEF and PPCs was evaluated based on patients' basic characteristics and clinical data in hospital.ResultsAmong the 725 included patients, 144 of them were presented PPCs in 30 days after lobectomy, which were divided into PPCs group. PEF value (294.2±85.1 vs. 344.7±89.6 L/min; P<0.001) were found lower in PPCs group, compared with non-PPCs group; PEF (OR, 0.984, 95% CI: 0.980-0.987, P<0.001) was a significant independent predictor for the occurrence of PPCs; based on an receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, with the consideration of balancing the sensitivity and specificity, a cutoff value of 300 (L/min) (Youden index: 0.484, sensitivity: 69.4%, specificity: 79.0%) was selected and a PEF ≤300 L/min indicated a 8-fold increase in odds of having PPCs after lung surgery (OR, 8.551, 95% CI: 5.692-12.845, P<0.001). With regard to PPCs rate, patients with PEF value ≤300 L/min had high PPCs rate than those with PEF >300 L/min (45.0%, 100/222 vs. 8.7%, 44/503, P<0.001); Meanwhile, pneumonia (24.8%, 55/222 vs. 6.4%, 32/503, P<0.001), atelectasis (9.5%, 21/222 vs. 4.0%, 20/503, P=0.003) and mechanical ventilation >48 h (5.4%, 12/222 vs. 2.4%, 12/503, P=0.036) were higher in the group with PEF value ≤300 L/min.ConclusionsThe presented study revealed a significant correlation between a low PEF value and PPCs in surgical lung cancer patients receiving lobectomy, indicating the potential of a low PEF as an independent risk factor for the occurrence of PPCs and a PPC-guided (PEF value ≤300 L/min) risk assessment could be meaningful for the perioperative management of lung cancer candidates waiting for surgery.

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