13 min

S8 Ep. 2: These boots are made for walkin', part 2 (Preoperative functional capacity assessment‪)‬ Deep Breaths

    • Medicina

Today we continue our discussion regarding preoperative functional capacity assessment. We'll cover the M-DASI, the 6-minute walk test, and put it all together to figure out how this applies to our practice as anaesthetists. Resources for today's episode include: BJAED: Subjective methods for preoperative assessment of functional capacity by Silvapulle & DarvallBJA: A simplified (modified) Duke Activity Status Index (M-DASI) to characterise functional capacity: a secondary analysis of the...

Today we continue our discussion regarding preoperative functional capacity assessment. We'll cover the M-DASI, the 6-minute walk test, and put it all together to figure out how this applies to our practice as anaesthetists. Resources for today's episode include: BJAED: Subjective methods for preoperative assessment of functional capacity by Silvapulle & DarvallBJA: A simplified (modified) Duke Activity Status Index (M-DASI) to characterise functional capacity: a secondary analysis of the...

13 min