Prehabilitation of the Thoracic Surgery Patient

Aug 16, 2020 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Prehabilitation of the Thoracic Surgery Patient

Outcomes after thoracic surgery are better predicted by preoperative evaluation of patients’ physiologic reserve (also known as personal biologic age rather than chronologic age), using validated assessment tools in multidisciplinary…

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Preoperative Evaluation for Thoracic Surgery

Aug 16, 2020 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Preoperative Evaluation for Thoracic Surgery

Preoperative evaluation before thoracic surgery aims to separate those patients who will tolerate surgery and those who are not surgical candidates. Predicted postoperative pulmonary function testing helps make this distinction….

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