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ReviewCurrent anesthesiology reports2022

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Other Tests of Functional Capacity.

Marissa Ferguson, Mark Shulman

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Review in Current anesthesiology reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05743673 (A Feasibility Study of the SHAPE™ Test of Aerobic Fitness in Older Adults Presenting for Moderate to High-risk Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT05743673 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

A Feasibility Study of the SHAPE™ Test of Aerobic Fitness in Older Adults Presenting for Moderate to High-risk Surgery

TypeobservationalSponsorYale UniversityRan2023 to 2026Enrolled371ConditionsPerioperative/Postoperative Complications, Aerobic CapacityArmsShape II
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Impact of exercise interventions on cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marissa FergusonAustin Hospital, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, VIC Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2314-108X
Mark ShulmanAustin Hospital, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, VIC Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of Review: Assessment of functional capacity is a cornerstone of preoperative risk assessment. While subjective clinician assessment of functional capacity is poorly predictive of postoperative outcomes, other objective functional assessment measures may provide more useful information. Recent Findings: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is generally accepted as the gold standard for functional capacity assessment. However, CPET is resource-intensive and not universally available. Simpler objective tests of functional capacity such as the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) and the 6-min walk test (6MWT) are cheap and efficient. In addition, they predict important postoperative outcomes including death, disability, and myocardial infarction. Summary: Simple preoperative tests such as the DASI may be useful for routine preoperative assessment. CPET may be helpful to investigate further patients with functional status limitation, and to guide prehabilitation and perioperative shared decision-making in high-risk patients.

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6-min walk testCardiopulmonary exercise testingDuke Activity Status IndexFunctional status assessmentPerioperative medicineRisk assessment

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PMID34840532
PMCPMC8605465

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