Open AccessTrends of bacterial colonisation and the risk of postoperative pneumonia in lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Yoshito Yamada,
Yasuo Sekine,
Hidemi Suzuki,
Takekazu Iwata,
Masako Chiyo,
Takahiro Nakajima,
Kazuhiro Yasufuku,
Shigetoshi Yoshida
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.05.039
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , lung cancer , pneumonia , sputum , perioperative , incidence (geometry) , vital capacity , pulmonary function testing , risk factor , surgery , lung , lung function , pathology , tuberculosis , diffusing capacity , physics , optics
Lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a high risk of developing postoperative pneumonia (POP). This study aims to investigate the impact of COPD on POP and the trends for perioperative bronchial colonisation by micro-organisms.
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