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 & Darvall

BJA: A simplified (modified) Duke Activity Status Index (M-DASI) to characterise functional capacity: a secondary analysis of the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study by Riedel, B. et al.

BJAED: Preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing by Agnew. N.

BJA: Using the six-minute walk test to predict disability free survival after major surgery by Shulman, M. et al.

STAT Pearls: 6 minute walk test by Matos Casano, M. & Anjum, F.

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