Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: a protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery

Duminda N Wijeysundera,Kevin E Thorpe,Bernard L Croal,Mark A Shulman,John T Granton,Catherine Farrington,Brian H Cuthbertson,Elizabeth Torres,Tom E F Abbott,Paul S Myles,Rupert M Pearse,Michael P W Grocott

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010359

Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: a protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery

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Journal: BMJ open	Publication Date: Mar 1, 2016
Citations: 55	License type: open-access

Affiliation: St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, NHS Grampian, Monash University, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Health Sciences Centre, Queen Mary University of London, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton

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