Is there a role for cardiopulmonary exercise testing before major urological surgery

BJU Int. 2009 Sep;104(5):579-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08517.x. Epub 2009 Apr 17.

Authors

Thomas MacGregor¹, Nilay Patel, Christopher Blick, Manit Arya, Asif Muneer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 19426186
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08517.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anaerobic Threshold / physiology*
Exercise Test
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods
Postoperative Complications / mortality
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Preoperative Care / methods
Urologic Surgical Procedures / mortality*