Author, as appears in the article.: Torres, Antoni Canalis, Emilio Puig de la Bellacasa, Jorge Serra, Mireia Ferrer, Miquel Cavalcanti, Manuela Belda, Jose
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: CANALÍS ARRAYAS, EMILIO
Keywords: Risk Factors Etiology Diagnosis Respiratory Tract Infections Prospective Studies Middle Aged Male Humans Female Aged
Abstract: To evaluate the risk factors associated with postoperative respiratory infection in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery, with special emphasis on the perioperative pattern of airway colonization.Prospective cohort study.Department of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery of a tertiary hospital.Seventy-eight consecutive patients undergoing lung cancer surgery were evaluated. Patients were followed up until hospital discharge or death.Fiberoptic bronchoscopies with bilateral protected specimen brush or bronchial aspirates were performed during anesthesia prior to the initiation of the surgical procedure.Sixty-five patients (83%) had perioperative bronchial colonization by either potentially pathogenic microorganisms (PPMs) [28 patients, 36%] or non-potentially pathogenic microorganisms (56 patients, 72%). The 24 patients (31%) with a postoperative respiratory infection (pneumonia, purulent tracheobronchitis, or pleural empyema) had significantly higher perioperative bronchial colonization by PPMs (15 patients [63%] vs 13 patients [24%], p = 0.003) and a higher bacterial index (mean +/- SD, 3.6 +/- 3.3 vs 0.9 +/- 1.4; p = 0.003), compared to patients without infection. The agreement between pathogens found in perioperative evaluation and during postoperative infection was total in 5 patients (21%), partial in 5 patients (21%), and no concordance in 14 patients (58%). In the multivariate analysis, the presence of perioperative airway colonization by a PPM (odds ratio [OR], 6.9; p = 0.001) and a higher postoperative pain score (OR, 4.1; p = 0.014) were independent predictors of postoperative respiratory infection.Adequate control of postoperative pain, as well as the conditions that potentially cause airway colonization by PPMs, could be beneficial in preventing postoperative respiratory infections after lung cancer surgery.
Thematic Areas: Respiratory System Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Author's mail: emilio.canalis@urv.cat
ISSN: 00123692
Record's date: 2020-02-07
Papper original source: CHEST. (ISSN/ISBN: 00123692). 128(3): 1571-1579
APA: Belda, Jose; Cavalcanti, Manuela; Ferrer, Miquel; Serra, Mireia; Puig de la Bellacasa, Jorge; Canalis, Emilio; Torres, Antoni (2005). Bronchial colonization and postoperative respiratory infections in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery. CHEST, 128(3), 1571-1579. DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1571
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1571
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2005
Publication Type: Journal Publications