Observational Study
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World J Crit Care Med. Sep 9, 2021; 10(5): 232-243
Published online Sep 9, 2021. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v10.i5.232
Reduced exercise capacity and self-perceived health status in high-risk patients undergoing lung resection
Janet Rodríguez-Torres, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Laura López-López, Florencio Quero-Valenzuela, Lawrence Patrick Cahalin, Marie Carmen Valenza
Janet Rodríguez-Torres, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Laura López-López, Florencio Quero-Valenzuela, Marie Carmen Valenza, Fisioterapia, University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain
Florencio Quero-Valenzuela, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada 18016, Spain
Lawrence Patrick Cahalin, Physical Therapy, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33124, United States
Author contributions: Valenza MC was the guarantor and designed the study; Cabrera-Martos I, Rodríguez-Torres J and López-López L participated in the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data and drafted the initial manuscript; Quero-Valenzuela F and Cahalin LP revised the article critically for important intellectual content.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the University of Granada Ethics Committee.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors presented conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information could compromise the privacy of research participants.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Marie Carmen Valenza, PhD, Full Professor, Fisioterapia, University of Granada, Avda. de la Ilustración, 60, Granada 18016, Spain. cvalenza@ugr.es
Received: December 17, 2020
Peer-review started: December 17, 2020
First decision: May 6, 2021
Revised: May 10, 2021
Accepted: July 6, 2021
Article in press: July 6, 2021
Published online: September 9, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and the second among women worldwide. A revolutionary change in this approach is being witnessed with less invasive techniques. However, it is still associated with a high incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications, which could lead to a reduced exercise capacity. Patients with higher risk to develop postoperative pulmonary complications have been classified as “high-risk patients,” and they could present a lower exercise capacity and self-perceived health status.