Preoperative shuttle walking testing and outcome after oesophagogastrectomy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 809-811

  Murray, P ^a   Whiting, P ^a   Hutchinson, S P ^a   Ackroyd, R ^a   Stoddard, C J ^a   Billings, C ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment, preanaesthetic; Metabolism, oxygen consumption; Oxygen, uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; EXERCISE TEST; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 38449104951     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem305     Document Type: Article

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