Submaximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing predicts complications and hospital length of stay in patients undergoing major elective surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-541

  Snowden, Chris P ^a   Prentis, James M ^b   Anderson, Helen L ^a   Roberts, Digby R ^a   Randles, Derek ^a   Renton, Morag ^a   Manas, Derek M ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERAN;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77649155798     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cf811d     Document Type: Article

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