ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Tsuchida, M.
Right arrow Articles by Hayashi, J.-i.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Tsuchida, M.
Right arrow Articles by Hayashi, J.-i.
Related Collections
Right arrow Lung - cancer

Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:435-438
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: general thoracic

Complications associated with pulmonary resection in lung cancer patients on dialysis

Masanori Tsuchida, MDa, Yasushi Yamato, MDa, Tadashi Aoki, MDa, Takehiro Watanabe, MDa, Takehisa Hashimoto, MDa, Hirohiko Shinohara, MDa, Jun-ichi Hayashi, MDa

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi, Japan

Accepted for publication August 1, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Tsuchida, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, 1-757 Asahimachi 951-8510, Japan
e-mail: kentsuchi{at}hotmail.com

Background. There are few studies available investigating the perioperative problems experienced by lung cancer patients on dialysis undergoing pulmonary resection.

Methods. A retrospective review of 7 patients on dialysis undergoing pulmonary resection for lung cancer was performed.

Results. The patient population consisted of 7 men, with a mean age of 59.9 years. The underlying kidney disease was glomerulonephritis in 5 patients and nephrosclerosis in 2. The mean levels of blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine were 70.7 mg/dL and 9.4 mg/dL, respectively. Histologic diagnoses were adenocarcinoma in 2 patients and squamous cell carcinoma in 5. Standard lobectomy with lymph node dissection was performed in all cases. There was one operation related death due to pulmonary edema and subsequent development of pneumonia. There were two cases of sputum retention and four of hyperkalemia. One patient died of cerebral bleeding that occurred during dialysis 2 months postoperatively.

Conclusions. In patients on dialysis who undergo pulmonary resection, there is a high incidence of pulmonary complications, in addition to hyperkalemia, hemodynamic instability, and a tendency for postoperative dialysis-associated bleeding.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 CJASNHome page
J. L. Holley
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Cancer in Long-Term Dialysis Patients
Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., May 1, 2007; 2(3): 604 - 610.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg.Home page
P. Bonde, K. McManus, M. McAnespie, and J. McGuigan
Lung surgery: identifying the subgroup at risk for sputum retention
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., July 1, 2002; 22(1): 18 - 22.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2001 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.