title: [Preoperative evaluation and risk estimation in thoracic surgery].
abstract: Preoperative evaluation of patients undergoing lung resection remains an interdisciplinary challenge. Despite substantial progress in anesthesiology, intensive care medicine and surgery, mortality of patients undergoing pneumonectomy remains high at 5-9%. Guidelines were developed to identify patients with an increased perioperative risk for morbidity and mortality. These guidelines are focused around the forced expiratory capacity (FEV) measured by spirometry, following further investigations in patients with limited FEV(1). Extended testing includes measurement of the diffusion capacity, calculation of postoperative predicted values of lung function and spiroergometry to determine maximal oxygen uptake. In this article the methods to measure parameters of lung function and gas exchange are described and evaluated in the context of the current guidelines.
authors: Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Universität München, Campus Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München. haitham.mutlak@gmail.com
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Mutlak
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Czerner
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Winter
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Zwissler
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Lackermeier
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D057234:Preoperative Period; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013147:Spirometry; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*