Tag: Cardiopulmonary

Study finds evidence gaps among functional capacity assessment tools used before elective surgeries

sarah JonasResearch Results

A scoping review of studies evaluating the performance of functional capacity (measure of a patient’s cardiopulmonary fitness) assessment tools administered before elective non-cardiac surgery found that prior research has overwhelmingly focused on predictive validity of functional capacity tests, including cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).