Preoperative walking recommendation for non-cardiac surgery patients to reduce the length of hospital stay: a randomized control trial

• Main Authors: Olga L. Cortés (Author), Mauricio Herrera-Galindo (Author), Claudia Becerra (Author), Mónica Rincón-Roncancio (Author), Camilo Povea-Combariza (Author), Maribel Esparza-Bohorquez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Even though the importance of preparing patients for a surgical event is recognized, there are still gaps about the benefit of improving functional capacity by walking during the waiting time among patients scheduled for non-cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate...