Air Leakage, Atrial Fibrillation, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Infection, Pain, Postoperative, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Conditions
Keywords
in hospital, lobectomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Brief summary
The study aims to identify specific or potential reasons that prolong the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy. The hypothesis is that patients who are still in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy are associated with prolonged air leak, infection, pneumonia, atrial fibrillation or other complications or social factors.
Interventions
OTHERProlong in-hospital stay
Patients have a longer length of hospital stay than the common recommendation.
Sponsors
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients referred to elective VATS lobectomy * Speaks and understands Danish * Informed consent obtained
Exclusion criteria
•Age \< 18 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Length of postoperative hospital stay | Through study completion, an average of 2 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number and frequency of postoperative complications | Up to 30 days | — |
| Numeric rating scale for postoperative pain in hospitalization | Through study completion, an average of 2 days | Patients are scored using a numeric rating scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (excruciating pain) per day. |
| Drainage duration | Duration from postoperative chest tube placement to potential removal, an average of 2 days | The criteria of drain removal is that air leak was consistently below 20 ml/min for at least 12 hours and fluid production was non-bloody and non-chylous without an upper volume limit. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed