Predicting risk of intensive care unit admission after resection for non-small cell lung cancer: a validation study.

A model for predicting the risk of emergency, unplanned intensive care unit (ICU) admission after lung resection for lung cancer has been reported. However, it has not been validated outside of the derivation cohort, and the aim of our study was to undertake external validation at our institution. We reviewed a series of consecutive patients who underwent major lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer over a 6-year period.

Debridement alone without decortication can achieve lung re-expansion in patients with empyema: an observational study.

Decortication is widely performed for empyema, but the effectiveness in achieving lung re-expansion has never been formally reported. The aim of this study is to quantify the degree of lung re-expansion in comparison to that achieved naturally after debridement alone. A retrospective review of patients who underwent either decortication or debridement for empyema between 2007 and 2009.