Kor et al categorized surgical procedures for the risk of acute lung injury (ALI/ARDS). The of lung injury is then used for the Surgical Lung Injury Prediction (SLIP). The authors are from the Mayo Clinic and National Jewish Health (Denver).
|
Operation |
Risk ALI |
|
high risk vascular |
22% |
|
high risk cardiac or thoracic |
6% |
|
low risk vascular |
2.5% |
|
low risk thoracic |
1.3% |
|
low risk cardiac |
< 1% |
|
abdominal or orthopedic |
1% |
|
neurological or spine |
< 1% |
|
other |
< 1% |
|
Procedure |
Group |
Risk |
|
descending thoracic aorta |
aortic surgery |
high |
|
thoracoabdominal aorta |
aortic surgery |
high |
|
any aorta revision |
aortic surgery |
high |
|
primary abdominal aortic aneurysm |
aortic surgery |
low |
|
endovascular repair |
aortic surgery |
low |
|
multiple segment lung resection |
thoracic surgery |
high |
|
lobectomy |
thoracic surgery |
high |
|
multi-lobectomy |
thoracic surgery |
high |
|
pneumonectomy |
thoracic surgery |
high |
|
esophagectomy |
thoracic surgery |
high |
|
lung decortication |
thoracic surgery |
high |
|
video-assisted thoraco-scopic surgery |
thoracic surgery |
low |
|
fundoplication surgery |
thoracic surgery |
low |
|
open lung biopsy |
thoracic surgery |
low |
|
wedge lung resection |
thoracic surgery |
low |
|
segmental lung resection |
thoracic surgery |
low |
|
CABG |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
valve replacement |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
multiple valve replacement |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
pericardial resection |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
ascending aorta or aortic arch repair |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
congenital heart repair |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
cardiac transplantation |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
cardiac reoperation |
cardiac surgery |
high |
|
single valve repair |
cardiac surgery |
low |
|
ASD/VSD closure |
cardiac surgery |
low |
|
myectomy |
cardiac surgery |
low |
|
sternal wound revision |
cardiac surgery |
low |
|
pacemaker lead or device removal |
cardiac surgery |
low |
Specialty: Pulmonology, Surgery, general
