An early inflammatory response to oesophagectomy predicts the occurrence of pulmonary complications☆
Author(s) -
Xavier Benoît D’Journo,
Pierre Michelet,
Valérie Marin,
Isabelle Diesnis,
Dorothée Blayac,
C. Doddoli,
Pierre Bongrand,
P. Thomas
Publication year - 2010
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.2009.11.033
Subject(s) - medicine , ards , gastroenterology , pneumonia , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , sputum , prospective cohort study , esophagectomy , surgery , lung , cancer , esophageal cancer , sepsis , pathology , tuberculosis
Respiratory complications are the most frequent concern following oesophagectomy. We aimed to assess the postoperative inflammatory response after oesophagectomy and to determine its reliability to predict the occurrence of pulmonary complications.
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