Risk factors of cough in non-small cell lung cancer patients after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Conclusions: Female sex, duration of anesthesia over 164 minutes, lower paratracheal node resection and subcarinal node resection were independent risk factors related to cough in NSCLC patients after VATS. In addition, the LCQ-MC performed satisfactorily in describing the longitudinal changes in cough symptoms. PMID: 30416784 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research