Use of the ADL-Glittre Test in the Pre and Postoperative Period of Patients With Lung Cancer

Launched by CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO AUGUSTO MOTTA · May 8, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

In the population of patients with lung cancer, two critical points that constitute gaps in the literature are: 1) the definition of operability using only pulmonary function tests and the consequent preparation of the patient for the surgical act; and 2) the postoperative approach and the consequent screening aimed at improving quality of life and reducing morbidity. In addition to the sophistication of pulmonary rehabilitation that has occurred in recent decades, the ADL-Glittre test was also developed, which is a measure of submaximal effort that assesses functional capacity and encompas...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of NSCLC stages I to IV, that is, those patients without evidence of mediastinal disease or local organ invasion.
• • Age equal to or greater than 18 years.
• • The following types of lung surgery: pneumonectomy, bilobectomy, lobectomy, segmentectomy and wedge resection.
• • Resection by thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients known to need adjuvant treatments.
• • Show inability to walk.
• • Not being able to perform pulmonary function tests and/or functional tests.
• • Presence of cardiovascular, neurological or orthopedic diseases.
• • Bronchopleural fistula, sudden increase in chest drainage or active intrathoracic hemorrhage, chylothorax or other serious adverse events.