Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity and Preoperative Markers of Inflammation

• Main Authors: Pervez Sultan (Author), Mark R. Edwards (Author), Ana Gutierrez del Arroyo (Author), David Cain (Author), J. Robert Sneyd (Author), Richard Struthers (Author), Gary Minto (Author), Gareth L. Ackland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Explanatory mechanisms for the association between poor exercise capacity and infections following surgery are underexplored. We hypothesized that aerobic fitness-assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)-would be associated with circulating inflammatory markers, as quantified by the neutr...