Surfactant changes in patients with lung cancer underwent to resection (original) (raw)

European Respiratory Journal, 2014

Abstract

Aim: To identify changes in the biochemical and biophysical behavior of lung surfactant (LS) in the unventilated and ventilated lung during surgery in patients with nonsmall cells lung cancer (NSCLC). The relationship between the surfactant changes and complications was examined. Material and Methods: In prospective study we included 32 patients (SG) with NSCLC and a control group(CG) of 29 patients without cancer. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia and a double lumen tube intubation. In both groups we performed bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL): A. From the operated (nonventilated) lung after intubation and before reventilation; B. From ventilated lung after intubation and at the end of anestesia. Biochemical analysis: the amount of phospholipids, cholesterol and proteins. Biophysical analysis: the equilibrium surface tension(γ eq ) and dynamic characteristics of monolayers (minimal surface tension γ min , maximal surface tension, γ max ). Results: In SG the amount of LS pho...

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