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. 2024 Oct 29;60(11):1768. doi: 10.3390/medicina60111768

Table 1.

Need for ICU admission after pneumonectomy.

Need for ICU Admission
No (n = 119) Yes (n = 88) p-Value
Age (year) 55.59 ± 11.30 57.60 ± 12.39 0.225
Gender (male/female) 107/12 80/8 0.999
Smoking history (no/yes) 37/82 39/49 0.059
Comorbidity
  •  ▪

    HT

 3 4 0.463
  •  ▪

    DM

 10 12 0.259
  •  ▪

    COPD

 5 10 0.060
  •  ▪

    CAD

 10 9 0.808
  •  ▪

    Extra-pulmonary malignancy

 6 6 0.765
Neo-adjuvant therapy
  •  ▪

    No

 94 67 0.735
  •  ▪

    Yes

 25 21
  •   -

    Chemotherapy

 17 14 0.844
  •   -

    Chemotherapy + Radiotherapy

8 7 0.790
Duration of surgery
  •  ▪

    60–90 min

 93 75 0.214
  •  ▪

    90–120 min

 26 13
Surgical approach (Thoracotomy/VATS) 107/12 85/3 0.102
Side of surgery (right/left) 42/77 36/52 0.469
Surgical procedure
  •  ▪

    Standard pneumonectomy

 105 60
  •  ▪

    Tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy

 2 7 0.001
  •  ▪

    Intra-pericardial pneumonectomy

 12 21
Intraoperative complications
  •  ▪

    No

 119 85
  •  ▪

    Vascular injury

 0 2 0.075
  •  ▪

    Hemodynamic instability

 0 1
Postoperative complications
  •  ▪

    No

 108 57 <0.001
  •  ▪

    Yes

 11 31
  •   -

    Bronchopleural fistula

 3 5 0.289
  •   -

    Empyema

 5 1 0.244
  •   -

    Acute renal failure

 1 5 0.085
  •   -

    Sepsis

 1 3 0.314
  •   -

    Cardiac arrhythmia

 5 13 0.011
  •   -

    Respiratory failure

 0 11 <0.001
  •   -

    Contralateral pneumonia

 1 6 0.043
Laboratory parameters
  •  ▪

    Lymphocyte count (103/µL)

 2.05 ± 0.79 2.10 ± 0.86 0.652
  •  ▪

    Monocyte count (103/µL)

 0.83 ± 0.44 0.87 ± 0.38 0.196
  •  ▪

    Neutrophil count (103/µL)

 7.07 ± 3.68 6.97 ± 3.97 0.545
  •  ▪

    Platelet count (103/µL)

 308.16 ± 106.29 319.36 ± 113.98 0.468
  •  ▪

    Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio

 2.86 ± 1.50 2.65 ± 1.13 0.598
  •  ▪

    Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

 169.44 ± 77.28 181.75 ± 124.90 0.848
  •  ▪

    Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio

 4.07 ± 3.14 4.07 ± 3.75 0.453
  •  ▪

    Albumin (g/dL)

 3.38 ± 0.62 3.15 ± 0.70 0.017
  •  ▪

    Neutrophil-to-albumin ratio

 2.22 ± 1.36 2.37 ± 1.42 0.396
  •  ▪

    White blood cell count (103/µL)

 10.12 ± 3.92 10.34 ± 4.68 0.718
  •  ▪

    Hemoglobin (g/dL)

 12.99 ± 1.86 12.70 ± 1.85 0.267
  •  ▪

    Hematocrit (%)

 38.92 ± 5.20 38.46 ± 5.41 0.531
  •  ▪

    Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)

 13.67 ± 4.16 14.87 ± 5.59 0.093
  •  ▪

    Creatinine (mg/dL)

 0.83 ± 0.24 0.87 ± 0.28 0.276
Need for blood transfusion 16 (13.6%) 24 (27.3%) 0.020
Length of hospital stay (day) 8 (6–9) 9 (6–14) 0.026

All data were presented as number of patients (n), percentage (%), mean ± standard deviation or median (Q1–Q3). CAD: coronary artery disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; HT: hypertension; VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery.