[Effect of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation on postoperative pulmonary function in patients undergoing thoracic surgeries].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effects of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) on postoperative pulmonary function recovery in patients receiving thoracic surgeries.


METHODS
Fifty thoracic surgical patients were enrolled in this prospective randomized controlled study and divided randomly into conventional treatment group and NPPV group. In the NPPV group, the patients were given NPPV therapy on the basis of conventional treatment. The volume of the residual cavity and the lung function were recorded.


RESULTS
At one week after the operation, the changes of lung function parameters were similar between NPPV and control group (P>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
NPPV following thoracic surgeries produces no obvious effects on postoperative pulmonary complications or the lung functions, and bullous resection have less adverse effect than lobectomy on the lung function.
Liao
Guang-yuan
GY
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou 510120, China. liaogy_1981@126.com
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures