Immunomodulatory Effects of Anesthetics during Thoracic Surgery

Table 6

Postoperative outcome in both groups.

Variable	Group I (Propofol) No. = 25	Group II (Isoflurane) No. = 25	𝑃 value
Atelectasis requiring bronchoscopy	5	2	0.22
Pneumonia	4	1	0.16
ARDS	0	0	N/A
Respiratory failure requiring ventilation	1	0	0.31
Oxygen need at hospital discharge	0	0	N/A
30-day mortality	0	0	N/A
Total number of complications	10	3	0.02*
ICU stay (hours)	37 (7)	26 (8)	0.02*
Hospital stay (days)	11 (5)	7 (4)	0.03*

ARDS: Adult respiratory distress syndrome; ICU: Intensive care unit; N/A: Not applicable.
Data are expressed as numbers or as mean (SD). *𝑃<0.05 between both groups.