A scoring system predicting the risk for intensive care unit admission for complications after major lung resection: a multicenter analysis.

Background: We aimed to develop and validate a scoring system to predict intensive care unit (ICU) admission for complications after major lung resection for purposes of optimizing planning of resources for patient care.

Methods: Patients undergoing major lung resections performed between 2000 and 2006 at three thoracic surgery units were analyzed for unplanned admission to the ICU for complications. Variables were initially screened by univariate analysis.

Elective intensive care after lung resection: a multicentric propensity-matched comparison of outcome.

The study was aimed at assessing the influence of the elective ICU admission on the early outcome after major lung resection by analyzing the different postoperative management policies of two centers. Center A managed all patients in a dedicated ward, resorting to ICU for complications requiring invasive assisted ventilation. In center B, high-risk patients were electively transferred to ICU immediately after operation.

Predictors of an appropriate admission to an ICU after a major pulmonary resection.

Background: There are no recommendations about admission to an ICU after a major lung resection and there are considerable differences among institutions in this respect.

Objectives: To audit the practice of admission to an ICU after a major lung resection and evaluate factors predicting the need for intensive care.

Methods: Clinicalrecords of all patients who underwent major pulmonary resections in a 14-month period were reviewed retrospectively.