Does preoperative 6-min walking distance predict pulmonary complications in upper abdominal surgery?
The results of the present study suggest that the 6-min walking test is not a useful tool to identify subjects with increased risk of developing PPC following UAS.
These data demonstrate that SKGFR provides a reproducible measure of individual kidney function. There was a similar impairment of function in paired kidneys with and without renal artery stenosis, but occlusion was associated with significant reduction in function compared to the contralateral kidney. This suggests that there is a process causing renal dysfunction in patients with atherosclerotic disease independent of renal artery narrowing.