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Exercise Testing as Applied to the Preoperative Patient

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In the course of a month you are asked to see three patients preoperatively for surgical clearance. The following three cases are probably representative of patients you see on a daily basis in the office.

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  1. University of South Florida Medical School Bayfront Medical Center, 701 Sixth St. South, St., Petersburg, FL, 33701, USA

    H. Jack Pyhel

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  1. Private Practice Family Physician Florida Institute of Family Medicine, Director of Medical Education St. Anthony’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

    Corey H. Evans MD, MPH

  2. Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Missouri—Kansas City Truman Medical Center Lakewood, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Russell D. White MD (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

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Jack Pyhel, H. (2009). Exercise Testing as Applied to the Preoperative Patient. In: Evans, C.H., White, R.D. (eds) Exercise Stress Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76597-6_10

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