Preoperative 6-min walking distance does not predict pulmonary complications in upper abdominal surgery

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1013-1017

  Paisani, Denise M ^a   Fiore, Julio F ^d   Lunardi, Adriana C ^b   Colluci, Daniela B B ^a   Santoro, Ilka Lopes ^a   Carvalho, Celso R F ^b   Chiavegato, Luciana Dias ^a,c   Faresin, Sonia Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

exercise; exercise tolerance; post operative complications; risk factors; surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUSSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL RISK; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; WALKING;

EID: 84864466981     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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