The utility of preoperative six-minute-walk distance in lung transplantation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 843-852

  Castleberry, Anthony W ^a,b   Englum, Brian R ^a,c   Snyder, Laurie D ^a   Worni, Mathias ^a,d   Osho, Asishana A ^e   Gulack, Brian C ^a,c   Palmer, Scott M ^a   Davis, R Duane ^a,b   Hartwig, Matthew G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise tolerance; Lung transplantation; Patient outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIX MINUTE WALK DISTANCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943327945     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201409-1698OC     Document Type: Article

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