Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting postoperative pulmonary complications in older patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery: a prospective, bicentric cohort study

Abstract Background The ARISCAT score, a prospectively developed generic classification for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), has shown excellent predictive performance in general surgery. However, there is no reliable classification instrument for PPCs prediciton in thoracic surgery. Ob...

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Published in:	BMC Geriatrics
Main Authors:	Yongxin Zhou, Haiyan Wang, Dianyu Lu, Tao Jiang, Zhanpeng Huang, Feixiang Wang, Yonghua Yao, Yu Gu, Wei Wei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-03-01
Subjects:	Older patients Noncardiac thoracic surgery Postoperative pulmonary complications Prediction
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-05791-2