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A pilot study evaluating predictors of postoperative outcomes after major abdominal surgery: physiological capacity compared with the ASA physical status classification system

BACKGROUND: This pilot study compared the risk predictive value of preoperative physiological capacity (PC: defined by gas exchange measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing) with the ASA physical status classification in the same patients (n=32) undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery. MET...

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Autores principales: Hightower, C. E., Riedel, B. J., Feig, B. W., Morris, G. S., Ensor, J. E., Woodruff, V. D., Daley-Norman, M. D., Sun, X. G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20190255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeq034