Why the study?
Does desaturation during standardized exercise predict postoperative cardiopulmonary morbidity in lung carcinoma patients scheduled for pulmonary resection?
Population
81 consecutive lung carcinoma patients scheduled for pulmonary resection, mean age 63.6 years, mean BMI 25.9.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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Exercise desaturation should not inform preoperative risk models for lung resection; leaves open prospective validation beyond ppoFEV1%.
Does desaturation during standardized exercise predict postoperative cardiopulmonary morbidity in lung carcinoma patients scheduled for pulmonary resection?
Desaturation during standardized exercise does not add relevant information to predict postoperative cardiorespiratory morbidity after lung resection.
Varela et al. (2001) studied this question.
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