Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, prehabilitation, and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Conclusions Perioperative CPET is finding an increasing spectrum of roles, including risk evaluation, collaborative decision-making, personalized care, monitoring interventions, and guiding prescription of prehabilitation. These indications are potentially of importance to patients having surgery within an ERAS program, but there are currently few publications specific to CPET in the context of ERAS programs.
Source: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research