Key result
Adding preoperative pulmonary function testing (%VC) to clinical risk factors did not significantly improve the prediction of 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (AUC 0.83 vs 0.89; p=0.1).
Why the study?
Data describing the association of preoperative pulmonary function testing with postoperative pulmonary complications are inconsistent.
Does preoperative pulmonary function testing predict postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery?
Population
676 patients who underwent elective abdominal surgery
Comparison
Risk models with vs without %VC
Design
Prospective cohort study
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Does not enhance complication prediction beyond clinical factors; leaves open selective %VC testing in high-risk surgical cohorts.
Cohort (n=676)
Does preoperative pulmonary function testing predict postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery?
p-value: p=0.1
Preoperative pulmonary function testing does not significantly improve the prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications beyond standard clinical risk factors in elective abdominal surgery.
Yokota et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in Elective abdominal surgery (n=676). Preoperative pulmonary function testing (%VC) vs. Clinical risk factors alone was evaluated on Occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) within 30 days (p=0.1). Adding preoperative pulmonary function testing (%VC) to clinical risk factors did not significantly improve the prediction of 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (AUC 0.83 vs 0.89; p=0.1).
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