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Table 1 Participants demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Effect of posture on pulmonary function and oxygenation after fast-tracking video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: a prospective pilot study

Variable

 

Agea, years

71 (66, 72 [57, 81])

Sexc

 Male

12 (50)

 Female

12 (50)

BMIb, kg/m2

26.9 (5.4)

ASAc

 1

0

 2

3 (12.5)

 3

21 (87.5)

 > 3

0

Smoke statusc

 No smoke

5 (20.8)

 Former smoker

15 (62.5)

 Current smoker

4 (16.7)

FEV1%b

92.5 (19.1)

SpO2b, %

97.1 (1.6)

Chronic painc

2 (8.3)

Charlson Comorbidity indexa

1.5 (1.0, 3.0 [0, 9.0])

Duration of surgeryb, mins

96 (22)

Blood lossb, ml

47 (74)

Duration of chest drainagea, days

1.0 (1.0, 2.0 [0, 7.0])

Length of hospital staya, days

2.0 (1.0, 2.8 [1.0, 8.0])

  1. ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists classification, BMI body mass index, FEV1% percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s value, SpO2 oxygen saturation
  2. aValue presents as median (interquartile range [range])
  3. bValue presents as mean (standard deviation)
  4. cValue presents as frequency (percentage)