ARDS after Pneumonectomy: How to Prevent It? Development of a Nomogram to Predict the Risk of ARDS after Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer

• Published in: Cancers Vol. 14; no. 24; p. 6048
• Main Authors: Mazzella, Antonio, Mohamed, Shehab, Maisonneuve, Patrick, Borri, Alessandro, Casiraghi, Monica, Bertolaccini, Luca, Petrella, Francesco, Lo Iacono, Giorgio, Spaggiari, Lorenzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 08.12.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Anesthesiology; Blood platelets; Blood tests; Body mass index; C-reactive protein; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comorbidity; Complications and side effects; Edema; Health risk assessment; Hemoglobin; Hypertension; Immunotherapy; Inflammation; Lung cancer; Lymphocytes; Methods; Mortality; Neutrophils; Nomography (Mathematics); Perfusion; Pneumonectomy; Postoperative period; Pulmonary arteries; Radiation therapy; Risk factors; Surgery; Variables; Veins & arteries; Ventilators; Italy; lung cancer; pneumonectomy; nomogram; risk classification; ARDS

(1) Background: The cause of ARDS after pneumonectomy is still unclear, and the study of risk factors is a subject of debate. (2) Methods: We reviewed a large panel of pre-, peri- and postoperative data of 211 patients who underwent pneumonectomy during the period 2014–2021. Univariable and multivar...