Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts mortality and hospital length of stay after major elective surgery in older people

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 999-1004

  Snowden, Chris P ^a,b   Prentis, James ^a,b   Jacques, Byron ^b   Anderson, Helen ^b   Manas, Derek ^a,b   Jones, Dave ^a   Trenell, Michael ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Ageing; Exercise; Mortality; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84879082524     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828dbac2     Document Type: Article

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