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Systematic preoperative pulmonary evaluation, including spirometry, DLCO, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, is essential for risk stratification and predicting outcomes in patients undergoing lung resection.
A systematic approach to preoperative pulmonary evaluation, including spirometry, DLCO, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, is crucial for risk stratification and predicting postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing lung resection.
May support systematic preoperative pulmonary testing before lung resection; leaves open prospective validation of outcome benefits.
Preoperative assessment is a very crucial step in anesthesia management. Anatomical resection (lobectomy or pneumonectomy) offers best long-term prognosis to a lung cancer patient. At the same time, surgery cannot be offered to a patient who is expected to become ventilator dependent, postoperatively. Hence, it is very important to have an objective preoperative assessment for risk stratification. This review article provides a systematic approach for the prognostication of patients planned for pulmonary resection.
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PreetyMittal Roy (2018) conducted a review in Lung cancer requiring pulmonary resection. Preoperative pulmonary evaluation was evaluated. Systematic preoperative pulmonary evaluation, including spirometry, DLCO, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, is essential for risk stratification and predicting outcomes in patients undergoing lung resection.
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