Stair climbing in the functional assessment of lung resection candidates

Respiration

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-379

  Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a,c   Diacon, Andreas H ^a   Irani, Sarosh ^b   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Operability; Stair climbing; VO2MAX

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43649100397     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116873     Document Type: Article

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