Research Article

Nocturnal Hypoventilation in the Patients Submitted to Thoracic Surgery

Table 1

The comparison of the patients without (group 0) and with (group 1) nocturnal hypoventilation during the postoperative period.

Group 0 n=58Group 1 n=10
MeanSDMeanSD

Age (years)63.87.965.16.4NS
Weight (kg)85.019.493.313.9NS
BMI (kg/m2)31.05.835.04.2=0.039
FEV1 (l)2.20.82.00.6NS
FEV1 (% of predicted)88.118.785.822.8NS
FVC (l)3.41.12.80.7NS
FVC (% of predicted)105.716.594.524.9NS
FEV1/FVC (%)67.510.373.48.1NS
Preoperative PaO2 (mmHg)72.36.270.57.7NS
Preoperative PaCO2 (mmHg)39.03.742.03.3=0.023
Preoperative HCO3 (mmol/l)25.21.925.92.5NS
Preoperative pH7.420.047.410.03NS
Preoperative SaO2 (%)94.41.593.72.0NS
Postoperative PaO2 (mmHg)87.522.083.618.4NS
Postoperative PaCO2 (mmHg)44.94.847.95.9NS
Postoperative HCO3 (mmol/l)23.81.923.42.1NS
Postoperative pH7.360.047.350.04NS
Postoperative SaO2 (%)95.13.694.82.0NS
Preoperative minimal tcpCO2 (%)38.83.544.88.2=0.0003
Preoperative maximal tcpCO2 (mmHg)47.84.651.110.5<0.001
Preoperative mean tcpCO2 (mmHg)43.73.7535.6<0.0001
Preoperative minimal tcSpO2 (%)87.85.34.56.5NS
Preoperative maximal tcSpO2 (%)98.21.398.20.9NS
Preoperative mean tcSpO2 (%)95.01.893.72.2=0.037
Postoperative minimal tcpCO2 (mmHg)40.13.946.46.7<0.0001
Postoperative maximal tcpCO2 (mmHg)49.76.459.98.4<0.0001
Postoperative mean tcpCO2 (mmHg)44.34.353.46.1<0.0001
Postoperative minimal SpO2 (%)84.17.682.710.3NS
Postoperative maximal SpO2 (%)97.32.796.83.2NS
Postoperative mean SpO2 (%)93.65.390.58.3NS
Hospitalization (days)10.910.19.11.9NS

NS: not statistically significant.