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An aggregate score to predict the risk of large pleural effusion after pulmonary lobectomy

Thursday, July 9, 2015

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Source

Source Name: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/1/72.abstract

Author(s)

Ralitsa Hristova, Cecilia Pompili, Sofina Begum, Michele Salati, Manos Kefaloyannis, Vasileios Tentzeris, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, and Alessandro Brunelli

A two-center prospective study on 229 patients with pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer was conducted. Large postoperative pleural effusion (>400 ml/day) could be predicted by an aggregate score which includes age >70 years, lower lobectomy and presence of COPD.