Peak oxygen consumption measured during the stair-climbing test in lung resection candidates

Respiration

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Xiumé, Francesco ^a   Refai, Majed ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Di Nunzio, Luca ^a   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluation, preoperative; Exercise test; Lung resection; Stair climbing test; VO2peak

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; ALTITUDE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77955578231     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000279331     Document Type: Article

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