Journal of thoracic disease
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The purpose of our study was to investigate the correlation between tumor volume (TV) and each subtype of thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) based on the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and Masaoka staging. ⋯ TV of invasive TETs may be larger at the time of initial presentation. TV >54.3 cm3 indicates invasive TETs.
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Due to its effects, like an exaggerated negative intrathoracic pressure, sympathetic activation, systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been involved as a cause in multiple cardiovascular diseases. These diseases include coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension (PH). Furthermore, OSA often coexists with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in clinical practice. However, few studies focus on OSA and its relationship with CTEPH. This study aims to determine whether OSA has an influence on the clinic status of patients with CTEPH, and to identify what possible factors are associated with OSA in CTEPH. ⋯ OSA may aggravate the clinical status of CTEPH patients to some degree. In turn, a worse hemodynamics, oxygenation state and cardiac function are associated with OSA in CTEPH after being adjusted for age, sex and BMI. Among them, CI is the most important parameter in indicating the coexistence of OSA and CTEPH.
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A decrease in serum albumin is commonly observed after lung cancer surgery, however, whether it is associated with postoperative outcomes is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the reduction of serum albumin (ΔALB) on postoperative day one could serve as a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after thoracoscopic anatomical resection in lung cancer patients. ⋯ A reduction of serum albumin with a cut-off value of 14.97% can be served as a predictor to identify patients at high risk of developing PPCs following thoracosopic anatomical lung cancer surgery.