Postoperative lymphopenia: An independent risk factor for postoperative pneumonia after lung cancer surgery, results of a case-control study.

OBJECTIVE:Postoperative lymphopenia has been proposed as a risk factor for postoperative infections but has never been identified as such in a multivariate analysis. Postoperative pneumonia (POP) is one of the most common complications after lung cancer surgery and is associated with a worse outcome...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Dupont, Laura Flory, Jérôme Morel, Anne-Claire Lukaszewicz, Arnaud Patoir, Emilie Presles, Guillaume Monneret, Serge Molliex
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6188898?pdf=render