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The burden of death following discharge after lobectomy

Thursday, July 9, 2015

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Source

Source Name: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2015) 48 (1): 65-70 doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezu427

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/1/65.abstract

Author(s)

Laura Schneider, Forough Farrokhyar, Colin Schieman, Waël C. Hanna, Yaron Shargall, and Christian J. Finley

Approximately 5400 patients who underwent lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer were analyzed. Post-discharge mortality (PDM) within 90 days came up to 1.9%. Patient-dependent risk factors were identified by multivariate logistic and Cox regression analyses. The authors consider PDM an under-reported phenomenon and suggest measures to improve it.