The VE/VCO2 slope: the preoperative risk assessment's Holy Grail?

Ivan Cundrle Jr Jr^{1

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic - ivan.cundrle@seznam.cz.
² Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic - ivan.cundrle@seznam.cz.
³ International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic - ivan.cundrle@seznam.cz.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
⁵ International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.

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Ivan Cundrle Jr Jr et al. Minerva Anestesiol. 2024 Sep.

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. 2024 Sep;90(9):722-724.

doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.24.18095-9.

Ivan Cundrle Jr Jr^{1

2

3}, Kristian Brat^{4

5

6}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic - ivan.cundrle@seznam.cz.
² Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic - ivan.cundrle@seznam.cz.
³ International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic - ivan.cundrle@seznam.cz.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
⁵ International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.

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Association between elevated preoperative VE/VCO2 slope and increased mortality following major surgery: a meta-analysis.
Yin X, Huang J, Zhao Y. Yin X, et al. Minerva Anestesiol. 2024 Sep;90(9):805-813. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.24.17937-0. Epub 2024 Mar 29. Minerva Anestesiol. 2024. PMID: 38551616