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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:469
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome following pneumonectomy

Chest Surgery Center, Yedikule Hospital for Chest Disease and Chest Surgery, Zeytinburnu 34760, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 7 March 2003; received in revised form 9 March 2003; accepted 9 June 2003.

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Key Words: Postoperative lung injury • Pneumonectomy

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I read with great interest the excellent article entitled ‘Predicting pulmonary complications after pneumonectomy for lung cancer’ [1]. The authors reviewed a large number of cases undergoing pneumonectomy and confirmed that the pulmonary complications are the major cause of postoperative mortality following pneumonectomy. Algar et al. addressed seven groups of pulmonary complications in the paper. Unfortunately, I found such a classification rather confusing. The criteria for the complications classified as pneumonia (no. 1), atelectasis . . . [Full Text of this Article]