This chapter consists of three major sections, each of which addresses different aspects of the perioperative management of cancer patients requiring thoracic surgery. Over the last decade, the field of thoracic surgery has advanced in many ways, for example, the…
Introduction Since 1991, the global burden of disease has shifted from communicable to noncommunicable disease (NCDs), primarily due to prevention, mitigation, and treatment of infectious disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This epidemiological shift has impacted global mortality rates…
Introduction The patient with cardiovascular disease (CVD) presenting for lung resection surgery has special concern. Identifying significant cardiac risk factors provides information to better quantify the risks of a possible cardiac event in the perioperative period. Cardiac complications in the…