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Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second Predicts Length of Stay and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

OBJECTIVE: An aging population and increasing use of percutaneous therapies have resulted in older patients with more co-morbidity being referred for cardiac surgery. Objective measurements of physiological reserve and severity of co-morbid disease are required to improve risk stratification. We hyp...

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Autores principales: McAllister, David A., Wild, Sarah H., MacLay, John D., Robson, Andrew, Newby, David E., MacNee, William, Innes, J. Alastair, Zamvar, Vipin, Mills, Nicholas L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064565