Population
Patients with lung cancer undergoing preoperative assessment for surgery
Design
Review
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May simplify preoperative lung cancer assessment via stair climbing surrogate; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Stair climbing can serve as a practical surrogate marker for maximal oxygen consumption in the preoperative cardiopulmonary assessment of lung cancer patients.
Bolliger et al. (2005) studied this question.
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