Malnutrition is common in patients with lung cancer. In patients with malnutrition risk, the risk of complications is high both in the perioperative, early and late postoperative periods. Malnutrition is an independent risk factor for length of hospital stay and cost in these patients. Patients with lung cancer may have many morbidities in postoperative period, especially problems with wound healing. Therefore, assessment of the nutritional status of patients with lung cancer should begin at the diagnosis stage.
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Postoperative complications
Timeframe: a month after the surgery
Length of stay in the intensive care unit
Timeframe: up to 30 days
Length of hospital stay
Timeframe: up to 30 days
Intraoperative hemodynamic complications
Timeframe: during the procedure