Cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a screening test for perioperative management of major surgery in the elderly

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-362

  Older, Paul ^a   Hall, Adrian ^a   Hader, Raymond ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Cardiovascular diseases; Exercise test; Postoperative complications; Preoperative care; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032809781     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.355     Document Type: Article

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