Open AccessAsymptomatic Patients with Airflow Limitation are at Higher Risk of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Lung Surgeries: An Ambispective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Yan Wang,
Xiangyu Yin,
Mengshuang Xie,
Qin Wang,
Wei Wang,
Wenbo Yi,
Jinming Yu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s338758
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , incidence (geometry) , population , pulmonary function testing , cohort , lung , cohort study , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
With the use of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) as a preoperative examination, it is not rare to screen out airflow limitation (AFL) in asymptomatic patients undergoing lung surgeries. This study aims to elucidate whether there is a difference in the prevalence and prognosis of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) between asymptomatic patients with newly diagnosed AFL and the normal population undergoing lung surgeries.