Predictive risk score of respiratory complications in children with mediastinal tumors: A case–control study

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to examine risk factors of respiratory complications at the diagnosis and establish an algorithm of clinical management in children and adolescents with mediastinal tumors. Methods We retrospectively collected clinical information of all children and adolescents who presented with mediastinal tumors at Saitama Children's Medical Center from 1999 to 2019, including age, sex, pathological diagnosis, eight major clinical symptoms (cough, dyspnea, hypoxia, orthopnea, chest pain, wheeze, superior vena cava syndrome, and stridor), chest computed tomography (CT) findings (tumor location, mediastinal mass ratio, pleural fluid, pericardial effusion, and compression of trachea and bronchi), types of diagnostic procedure and anesthesia, respiratory complications (severe hypoxia, difficult ventilation, respiratory failure, and cardiopulmonary arrest), and clinical outcome. Subsequently, we calculated the risk score for predicting respiratory complications by combining clinical and radiological findings. Results Of the 57 patients, 7 (12%) developed respiratory complications. Cough, dyspnea, hypoxia, and orthopnea were significantly more common in patients with complications (p = 0.02, p = 0.02, p < 0.01, p = 0.03, respectively). The reduction of percentage of tracheal cross‐sectional area (%TCA) and compression of the carina in chest CT were also significantly more common in patients with complications (p < 0.01 and <0.01, respectively). We calculated the risk score of respiratory complications by combining cough, wheeze, stridor, orthopnea, dyspnea, hypoxia, %TCA < 0.5, and compression of the carina. A risk score ≥ 7 showed high predictive accuracy for complications (sensitivity: 100%, specificity: 97.7%, positive likelihood ratio: 43.0). Conclusion The risk score combining clinical symptoms with radiological findings is a promising predictive tool for respiratory complications in children with mediastinal tumors..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cancer Medicine - 12(2023), 2, Seite 1167-1176

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mamoru Honda [VerfasserIn]
Arakawa Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Hosokawa Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Oyama Chigusa [VerfasserIn]
Mitani Yuichi [VerfasserIn]
Mori Makiko [VerfasserIn]
Kohei Fukuoka [VerfasserIn]
Oshima Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Tanami Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Ishimaru Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Kawashima Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Mizuta Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Ueta Ikuya [VerfasserIn]
Kuratani Norifumi [VerfasserIn]
Koh Katsuyoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Children
Mediastinal tumor
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Respiratory complications
Risk score
Tracheal cross‐sectional area

doi:

10.1002/cam4.4972

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DOAJ081436467