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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2021 Apr 1;134(4):562–576. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003729

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and demographics for the full study cohort population and the matched study population

Full Study Cohort Population Matched Population
No Protective
Ventilation
(N = 2,844)
Protective
Ventilation
(N = 388)
Absolute
Standardized
Difference
(%)
P-
Value
No Protective
Ventilation
(N = 381)
Protective
Ventilation
(N = 381)
Absolute
Standardized
Difference
(%)
P-
Value
Demographics
Age 62.6(12.4) 62(13.6) 5.2 0.351 61.6(13.8) 62.3(13.3) 5 0.491
Female Sex 1,577 (55.5) 138 (35.6) 40.7 <0.001 140 (36.8) 136 (35.7) 2.2 0.763
Body Mass Index 28.5(6.5) 27.6(6.8) 13.2 0.014 28(5.7) 27.6(6.7) 6.7 0.354
ASA Class 3 or higher 2,217 (78.0) 308 (79.4) 3.5 0.523 307 (80.6) 301 (79.0) 3.9 0.589
Comorbidities
COPD 671 (23.6) 90 (23.2) 1 0.857 90 (23.6) 88 (23.1) 1.2 0.862
Congestive Heart Failure* 81 (4.7) 22 (7.1) 10.2 0.121 16 (5.1) 19 (6.3) 4.8 0.548
Coronary Artery Disease 427 (15.0) 67 (17.3) 6.1 0.247 66 (17.3) 66 (17.3) 0 0.999
Cerebrovascular History 5.9 0.304 5.8 0.421
Transient ischemic attack 74 (2.6) 12 (3.1) 12 (3.2) 12 (3.2)
Cerebrovascular accident 65 (2.3) 12 (3.1) 8 (2.1) 12 (3.2)
Diabetes 449 (15.8) 60 (15.5) 0.9 0.870 57 (15.0) 60 (15.8) 2.2 0.763
Dialysis 14 (0.5) 3 (0.8) 3.5 0.545 3 (0.8) 3 (0.8) 0 0.999
Hypertension 1,547 (54.4) 193 (49.7) 9.3 0.085 213 (55.9) 191 (50.1) 11.6 0.111
Peripheral Vascular Disease* 101 (5.8) 14 (4.5) 6 0.309 19 (6.1) 14 (4.6) 6.6 0.413
Prior Cardiothoracic Surgery 420 (14.8) 66 (17.0) 6.1 0.247 61 (16.0) 64 (16.8) 2.1 0.770
Pulmonary Hypertension 24 (0.8) 5 (1.3) 22.2 <0.001 0 (0.0) 4 (1.1) 2.6 N/A
Smoking 8.9 0.100 4.8 0.506
Never Smoked 757 (26.6) 115 (29.6) 118 (31.0) 111 (29.1)
Past Smoker (>1 month) 1,565 (55.0) 213 (54.9) 209 (54.9) 211 (55.4)
Current Smoker 522 (18.4) 60 (15.5) 54 (14.2) 59 (15.5)
Major Preoperative Comorbidity 817 (28.7) 109 (28.1) 1.4 0.795 113 (29.7) 108 (28.4) 2.9 0.690
Chemotherapy and/or Radiation within 6 months 131 (4.6) 20 (5.2) 2.5 0.631 22 (5.8) 20 (5.3) 2.3 0.751
Renal Dysfunction 100 (3.5) 13 (3.4) 0.9 0.868 7 (1.8) 13 (3.4) 9.9 0.174
FEV1 (% Predicted) 77.0(31.7) 73.7(33.0) 10.6 0.048 74.5(32.8) 74.6(32.1) 0.1 0.986
Missing FEV1 268 (9.4) 45 (11.6) 7.1 0.206 40 (10.5) 40 (10.5) 0 0.999
Zubrod Scale 6.5 0.257 2.8 0.699
0 1,270 (44.7) 174 (44.9) 182 (47.8) 174 (45.7)
1 1,374 (48.3) 177 (45.6) 169 (44.4) 176 (46.2)
2 168 (5.9) 29 (7.5) 27 (7.1) 29 (7.6)
3 27 (1.0) 2 (0.5) 2 (0.5) 2 (0.5)
4 5 (0.2) 6 (1.6) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Intraoperative Factors
Blood Product Use (Y/N)* 55 (1.9) 4 (1.0) 7.5 0.117 7 (1.8) 4 (1.1) 6.6 0.363
Fluid Balance 1311(797.5) 1185.9(816.6) 15.5 0.004 1145.1(757.7) 1197.8(816) 6.7 0.356
Surgical Duration 162.8(97.5) 165.3(102.5) 2.52 0.636 173.3(106.9) 165.6(102) 7.759 0.309
Anesthesia Duration 247.9(106.4) 252.6(111.1) 4.3 0.420 261.4(117.1) 252.8(110.8) 7.51 0.300
Surgical Type
Segmentectomy 135 (4.8) 21 (5.4) 3 0.566 14 (3.7) 21 (5.5) 8.8 0.226
Lobectomy 1,405 (49.4) 167 (43.0) 12.8 0.019 188 (49.3) 167 (43.8) 11.1 0.128
Bilobectomy 93 (3.3) 16 (4.1) 4.5 0.423 17 (4.5) 16 (4.2) 1.3 0.859
Pneumonectomy 84 (3.0) 7 (1.8) 7.5 0.125 10 (2.6) 6 (1.6) 7.3 0.313
Wedge Resection 1,127 (39.6) 177 (45.6) 12.1 0.024 152 (39.9) 171 (44.9) 10.1 0.164
Surgical Approach 3.4 0.537 8.1 0.243
Thoracotomy 805 (28.3) 104 (26.8) 116 (30.5) 102 (26.8)
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery 2,039 (71.7) 284 (73.2) 268 (70.0) 279 (73.2)
Median Physiologic Factors For First 5 to 15 Minutes Following Start of One Lung Ventilation
Respiratory Rate 12 (2.7) 14 (3.1) 63.2 <0.001 12 (2.6) 14 (3.3) 57.6 <0.001
FIO2 % 89 (12.5) 89 (13.5) 2.1 0.704 89 (12.5) 88 (13.6) 4 0.588
Mean Inspiratory Pressure 11 (2.4) 11 (2.2) 9.2 0.103 10 (2.3) 10 (2.2) 0.9 0.914
Peak Inspiratory Pressure 24 (5.3) 23 (5.7) 31.9 <0.001 24 (5.1) 23 (5.5) 30.4 <0.001
Plateau Pressure 21 (5) 21 (5.7) 18.6 0.025 21 (5) 21 (5.4) 22.4 0.049
ETCO2 35 (5.3) 39 (5.8) 61.9 <0.001 37 (5.1) 39 (5.7) 46.3 <0.001
Tidal Volume/Predicted Body Weight (ml/kg) 6.7 (1.4) 4.4 (0.5) 217.4 <0.001 6.4(1.2) 4.4(0.5) 208.4 <0.001
PEEP (cm H2O) 5 (1.7) 6 (1.1) 67.7 <0.001 5 (1.8) 6 (1.1) 65.4 <0.001
Modified Driving Pressure 17 (12.5) 15 (5.1) 42.6 <0.001 17 (12.5) 15 (5.4) 47 <0.001

Data are presented as frequency (percentage) or mean and standard deviation, as appropriate. Full study cohort comparisons were calculated using t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests for continuous variables and Chi-Square or Fisher’s Exact tests for categorical variables, as appropriate. Matched population comparisons were calculated using paired t-tests or Wilcoxon signed-rank tests for continuous variables and McNemar tests for categorical variables, as appropriate. There were no standardized differences > 10% for matched factors.

*

Data are presented as percentage of non-missing data

Abbreviations: ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FIO2 = inspired oxygen fraction, PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure, ETCO2 = end-tidal carbon dioxide.