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Reduced functional measure of cardiovascular reserve predicts admission to critical care unit following kidney transplantation

Ting, Stephen M S
Iqbal, Hasan
Hamborg, Thomas
Hewins, Susan
Banerjee, Prithwish
Bland, Rosemary
Abstract
Background: There is currently no effective preoperative assessment for patients undergoing kidney transplantation that is able to identify those at high perioperative risk requiring admission to critical care unit (CCU). We sought to determine if functional measures of cardiovascular reserve, in particular the anaerobic threshold (VO₂AT) could identify these patients.