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It is diagnosed as a non-small cell lung cancer, which is considered by the MDT to be amenable to lung resection...

How would you assess her fitness for lung resection?

BTS recommends a tripartite risk assessment model when assessing fitness for lung resection surgery including: Risk of operative mortality Risk of perioperative myocardial events Risk of postoperative dyspnoea These can be used to discuss individual risks with the...

What is the thoracascore?

Thoracoscore is a global risk score used for estimating perioperative death in thoracic surgery Uses nine variables (age, sex, ASA score, performance status, dyspnoea score, priority of surgery, extent of surgery, malignant diagnosis and a comorbidity score) Related...