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Virginia Apgar Professor of Anesthesiology | Columbia Anesth | @@SOAPHQ Past President |#ObAnes #Opioids #MaternalHealth | Editor in Chief of @IJOA_journal
Sep 26, 2019 6 tweets 6 min read
#METS for cardiac risk stratification
➡️ decision making based on patients functional capacity (fitness)

@CUMCAnesthesia Grand Rounds

Actually poor correlation between patient self reported exercise capacity & objective testing results (R=0.31) or METS vs cardiac complications! What about biomarkers for fitness?!!
➡️ Natriuretic peptides