Control treatment (n = 30) | LPV strategy (n = 30) | P value | |
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Pulmonary complication n (%) | |||
Overall | 9 (30.0) | 7 (23.3) | 0.341 |
Grade 1 | |||
Dyspnea not due to other documented cause | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.999 |
Grade 2 | |||
Atelectasis | 3 (10.0) | 3 (10.0) | 0.999 |
Chest X-ray worsening | 4 (13.3) | 2 (6.6) | 0.389 |
Need for oxygen therapy | 5 (16.7) | 2 (6.6) | 0.228 |
Post-operative hypoxia | 8 (26.7) | 5 (16.7) | 0.347 |
Grade 3 | |||
Pneumonia | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.313 |
Grade 4 | |||
Need for invasive mechanical ventilation | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.999 |
Need for CPAP/NIV | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.999 |
Extra-Pulmonary complications | |||
Infective complications, n (%) | 2 (6.6) | 1 (3.3) | 0.554 |