Role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a risk-assessment method in patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery: A systematic review

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-191

  Moran, J ^a   Wilson, F ^a   Guinan, E ^a   McCormick, P ^a   Hussey, J ^a   Moriarty, J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

exercise test methods; general surgery; health status indicators; postoperative complications; preoperative care methods; preoperative period; prognosis; risk; risk assessment methods

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; COLORECTAL SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAABDOMINAL SURGERY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PANCREAS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMEN; EXERCISE TEST; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84961918758     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev454     Document Type: Review

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