Skip to main content
Log in

Predictors of post-pneumonectomy respiratory failure and ARDS: usefulness of normalized pulmonary artery diameter

  • Letter
  • Published:
Intensive Care Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

References

  1. Kim JB, Lee SW, Park SI, Kim YH, Kim DK (2010) Risk factor analysis for postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome and early mortality after pneumonectomy: the predictive value of preoperative lung perfusion distribution. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 140(1):26–31

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Thomas PA, Berbis J, Baste JM, Le Pimpec-Barthes F, Tronc F, Falcoz PE, Dahan M, Loundou A (2015) Pneumonectomy for lung cancer: contemporary national early morbidity and mortality outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 149(1):73–82

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Licker M, de Perrot M, Spiliopoulos A, Robert J, Diaper J, Chevalley C, Tschopp JM (2003) Risk factors for acute lung injury after thoracic surgery for lung cancer. Anesth Analg 97(6):1558–1565

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Parquin F, Marchal M, Mehiri S, Hervé P, Lescot B (1996) Post-pneumonectomy pulmonary edema: analysis and risk factors. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 10(11):929–932

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. The ARDS Definition Task Force (2012) Acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Berlin definition. JAMA 307(23):2526–2533

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Contributions

Conception of the study: MA; CT measurements: RH; data collection: MP, KB; data analysis: MA, ML, NR; writing of the manuscript: MA, ML, NR.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Marco Alifano.

Ethics declarations

Conflicts of interest

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

Electronic supplementary material

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

Supplementary material 1 (DOC 46 kb)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Peretti, M., Hervochon, R., Loi, M. et al. Predictors of post-pneumonectomy respiratory failure and ARDS: usefulness of normalized pulmonary artery diameter. Intensive Care Med 44, 1357–1359 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5206-9

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5206-9

Keywords

Navigation