Inter-observer agreement of preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise test interpretation in major abdominal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate determination of cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) derived parameters is essential to allow for uniform preoperative risk assessment. The objective of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the inter-observer agreement of preoperative CPET-derived variables by comparing a self-preferred approach with a systematic guideline-based approach.

Methods

Twenty-six professionals from multiple centers across the Netherlands interpreted 12 preoperative CPETs of patients scheduled for hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. Outcome parameters of interest were oxygen uptake at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold (V̇O_2VAT) and at peak exercise (V̇O_2peak), the slope of the relationship between the minute ventilation and carbon dioxide pro

SUBMITTER: Franssen RFW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature