Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: A protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a   Pearse, Rupert M ^b   Shulman, Mark A ^c   Abbott, Tom E F ^b   Torres, Elizabeth ^a   Croal, Bernard L ^d   Granton, John T ^e   Thorpe, Kevin E ^a   Grocott, Michael P W ^f   Farrington, Catherine ^c   Myles, Paul S ^c   Cuthbertson, Brian H ^g   Wallace, S ^h   Thompson, B ^h   Ellis, M ^h   Borg, B ^h   Kerridge, R ^h   Douglas, J ^h   Brannan, J ^h   Pretto, J ^h   Godsall, M G ^h   Beauchamp, N ^h   Allen, S ^h   Kennedy, A ^h   Wright, E ^h   Malherbe, J ^h   Ismail, H ^h   Riedel, B ^h   Melville, A ^h   Sivakumar, H ^h   Murmane, A ^h   Kenchington, K ^h   Gurunathan, U ^h   Stonell, C ^h   Brunello, K ^h   Steele, K ^h   Tronstand, O ^h   Masel, P ^h   Dent, A ^h   Smith, E ^h   Bodger, A ^h   Abolfathi, M ^h   Sivalingam, P ^h   Hall, A ^h   Painter, T ^h   Elliott, A ^h   Carrera, A M ^h   Terblanche, N C S ^h   Pitt, S ^h   Samuels, J ^h   Wilde, C ^h   MacCormick, M ^h   Leslie, K ^h   Bramley, D ^h   Southcott, A M ^h   Grant, J ^h   Taylor, H ^h   Bates, S ^h   Towns, M ^h   Tippett, A ^h   Marshall, F ^h   Mazer, C D ^h   Kunasingam, J ^h   Yagnik, A ^h   Crescini, C ^h   McCartney, C J L ^h   Choi, S ^h   Somascanthan, P ^h   Flores, K ^h   Beattie, W S ^h   Karkouti, K ^h   Clarke, H A ^h   Jerath, A ^h   McCluskey, S A ^h   Wasowicz, M ^h   Day, L ^h   Pazmino Canizares, J ^h   Oh, P ^h   Belliard, R ^h   Lee, L ^h   Dobson, K ^h   Chan, V ^h   Brull, R ^h   Ami, N ^h   Stanbrook, M ^h   Kagen, K ^h   Campbell, D ^h   Short, T ^h   Van Der Westhuizen, J ^h   Higgie, K ^h   Lindsay, H ^h   Jang, R ^h   Wong, C ^h   McAllister, D ^h   Ali, M ^h   Kumar, J ^h   Waymouth, E ^h   Dimech, J ^h   Lorimer, M ^h   Sara, R ^h   Collingwood, A ^h   Olliff, S ^h   Gabriel, S ^h   Houston, H ^h   Dalley, P ^h   Hurford, S ^h   Hunt, A ^h   Andrews, L ^h   Navarra, L ^h   Jason Smith, A ^h   Lum, M ^h   Martin, D ^h   James, S ^h   Phull, M ^h   Beilstein, C ^h   Bodger, P ^h   Everingham, K ^h   Hu, Y ^h   Niebrzegowska, E ^h   Corriea, C ^h   Creary, T ^h   Januszekska, M ^h   Ahmad, T ^h   Whalley, J ^h   Haslop, R ^h   McNeil, J ^h   Brown, A ^h   MacDonald, N ^h   Jhani, S ^h   Raobaikady, R ^h   Black, E ^h   Rooms, M ^h   Lawrence, H ^h   Jack, S ^h   Celinski, M ^h   Levett, D ^h   Edwards, M ^h   Salmon, K ^h   Bolger, C ^h   Loughney, L ^h   Seaward, L ^h   Collins, H ^h   Tyrell, B ^h   Tantony, N ^h   Golder, K ^h   Ackland, G ^h   Stephens, R C M ^h   Gagello Paredes, L ^h   Raj, A ^h   Lifford, R ^h   Melo, M ^h   Mamdani, M ^h   Hillis, G ^h   Wijeysundera, H C ^h   more..

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUKE ACTIVITY STATUS INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR NON CARDIAC SURGERY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEASUREMENT OF EXERCISE TOLERANCE BEFORE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BIOMARKERS; CANADA; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NEW ZEALAND; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962535215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010359     Document Type: Article

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