| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| AUC | area under the receiver operating characteristic curve |
| CCI | Charlson Comorbidity Index |
| CI | confidence interval |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| ECOG | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
| ERS/ESTS | European Respiratory Society/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
| FEV1 | forced expiratory volume in one second |
| FVC | forced vital capacity |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| mFI-11 | Modified Frailty Index-11 |
| NPV | negative predictive value |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| OR | odds ratio |
| PACU | post-anaesthesia care unit |
| PPV | positive predictive value |
| RATS | robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| Sn | sensitivity |
| Sp | specificity |
| SpO2 | peripheral oxygen saturation |
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| STS | Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
| TRIPOD | Transparent Reporting of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis |
| VATS | video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |