title: Expired gas analysis during exercise testing pre-pneumonectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Expired gas analysis has enabled the successful prediction of postoperative complications in patients undergoing thoracic esophagectomy. We conducted this study to determine whether preoperative expired gas analysis during exercise testing can help identify patients at high risk of postoperative complications after pneumonectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We measured the vital capacity, percent vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1.0 s, percent forced expiratory volume in 1.0 s, maximum oxygen uptake per minute, anaerobic threshold, arterial partial pressure of oxygen, and arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide in 27 patients scheduled to undergo pneumonectomy. Group A consisted of 18 patients without postoperative cardiopulmonary complications and group B consisted of 9 patients with postoperative cardiopulmonary complications. We compared preoperative cardiopulmonary data between these two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative cardiopulmonary complications developed in 9 of the 27 patients (33.3%), 3 (11%) of whom died. The maximum oxygen uptake and the anaerobic threshold were significantly higher in group A than in group B (P < 0.05), whereas spirometric pulmonary function testing and arterial blood gas analysis showed no intergroup differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Expired gas analysis during exercise testing can help identify patients at high risk of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications after pneumonectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Omuta National Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Ohmuta, Fukuoka, 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terazaki
authors.forename: Fumihiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muta
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamana
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishitake
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013147:Spirometry