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Background. Nutritional status is known to play an important role in determining outcome after many types of operations but its importance relative to nonnutritional indices in patients undergoing an operation for lung cancer is unclear. Methods. Detailed nutritional and nonnutritional assessment of 52 patients undergoing surgical resection of lung cancer was performed. The frequency of postoperative complications and length of intercostal drainage time were recorded, and the relation between preoperative indices and postoperative outcome was assessed. Results. Patients who died or needed reventilation had poorer nutritional status, worse lung function, and lower maximum expiratory pressures than those who did not. Using multiple logistic regression, the best model (R-2 = 0.39) to predict death combined operation type, preoperative carbon monoxide transfer factor (% predicted), and maximum expiratory pressure (% predicted). Operation type and the fat-free mass index (FFMI) alone were only slightly less informative (R-2 = 0.35). Far reventilation the best model (R-2 = 0.80) combined operation type, body mass index (BMI), and maximum expiratory pressure (% predicted). Intercostal drainage time after lobectomy was significantly related only to preoperative lymphocyte count (p = 0.004) and subjective global assessment score (p = 0.02). Conclusions. Impaired nutrition is an important predictor of death and the need for reventilation after an operation for lung cancer, and the selection of patients for lung resection might be improved by measuring simple nutritional indices such as BMI and the FFMI. (C) 2001 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Author(s): Goodship THJ; Gibson GJ; Jagoe RT
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Year: 2001
Volume: 71
Issue: 3
Pages: 936-943
ISSN (print): 0003-4975
ISSN (electronic): 1552-6259
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/3/936
