Atrial fibrillation after pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer affects long-term survival in a prospective single-center study

Table 2 Peri- and post-operative data

Predictor^a	Patients without AF (n = 409)	Patients with AF (n = 45)	*p V* alue
Lung cancer characteristics
Cancer location, n (%)			0.011
Right lung	236 (57.7)	17 (37.8)
Left lung	173 (42.3)	28 (62.2)
UICC Stage, n (%) ^b			0.568
Stage I	211 (54.0)	24 (54.5)
Stage II	86 (22.0)	7 (15.9)
Stage III/IV	94 (24.0)	13 (29.5)
Histology, n (%)			0.281
Squamous cell ca	140 (34.2)	21 (46.7)
Adenocarcinoma	209 (51.1)	21 (46.7)
Large cell	24 (5.9)	1 (2.2)
Other	36 (8.8)	2 (4.4)
Perioperative data
PaO₂, mmHg	85.3 ± 30.8	86.9 ± 16.3	0.729
Ventilation time, h	3.2 ± 0.7	3.2 ± 0.7	0.540
Inotropes, n (%)	23 (5.6)	2 (4.4)	0.999
Blood transfusions, n (%)	36 (8.8)	13 (28.9)	< 0.001
Postoperative data
Reoperation for bleeding, n (%)	3 (0.7)	0 (0)	0.999
FBS, n (%)	31 (7.1)	13 (24.4)	< 0.001
AMI, n (%)	2 (0.5)	2 (4.4)	0.051
CVA, n (%)	7 (1.7)	2 (4.4)	0.221
AKI, n (%)	14 (3.4)	3 (6.7)	0.232
Respiratory failure, n (%)	3 (0.7)	5 (11.1)	< 0.001
Pneumonia, n (%)	5 (1.2)	2 (4.4)	0.146
Length of stay, days	12.2 ± 5.2	15.3 ± 10.1	0.001
ICU admission n (%)	16 (3.9)	6 (13.3)	0.015
Hospital Mortality n (%)	4 (1.0)	3 (6.7)	0.024

^a For continuous variables, mean ± SD (standard deviation); for categorical variables, number (percent)
^b UICC stage [11] not available for the 19 (4.2%) patients with tumor type other than NSCLC
AKI acute kidney injury (according RIFLE criteria), AMI acute myocardial infarction, CVA cerebrovascular accident (stroke + transient ischemic attack), FBS fibrobronchoscopy, ICU intensive care unit, PaO ₂ partial arterial oxygen pressure, UICC Union International Contre le Cancer

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