Open AccessPatients who do not reach a distance of 500 m during the 6-min walk test have an increased risk of postoperative complications and prolonged hospital stay after lobectomy
Author(s) -
Tomasz Marjański,
Damian Wnuk,
Damian Bosakowski,
Tomasz Szmuda,
Wioletta Sawicka,
Witold Rzyman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv049
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , lung cancer , atrial fibrillation , lung cancer surgery , surgery , statistical significance , optics , physics
Exercise testing is an additional tool to standard pulmonary assessment before radical pulmonary resection in lung cancer patients. Evidence is lacking, supporting the significance of routine implementation of these simple physiological tests in preoperative evaluation.
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