Agreement between observed and predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in one second, forced vital capacity, and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide after anatomic lung resection

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated that effort-dependent parameters of lung function including FEV1 and FVC tends to overestimate the amount of lung function loss after anatomic lung resection, clinicians should be cautious in using these measures to determine suitability of surgery based on current established guidelines. However, independent measures such as DLCO demonstrate good agreement suggesting that predicted lung tissue loss is consistent with a 20-segment lung model.PMID:38410582 | PMC:PMC10894373 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-23-1390
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Source Type: research