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Table 1 Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

From: A comparison of perioperative outcomes of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical (VATS) Lobectomy with open thoracotomy and lobectomy: Results of an analysis using propensity score based weighting

Score

Condition

1

Coronary artery diseasea

Congestive heart failure

Chronic pulmonary disease

Peptic ulcer disease

Peripheral vascular disease

Mild liver disease

Cerebrovascular disease

Connective tissue disease

Diabetes mellitus

Dementia

2

Hemiplegia

Moderate to severe renal disease

Diabetes with end-organ damage

Any prior tumor (within 5-years of diagnosis)b

Leukemia

Lymphoma

3

Moderate to severe liver disease

6

Metastatic solid tumor AIDS (not only HIV positive)

  1. Adapted from Birim O, EJCTS 2003 with permission