TY - JOUR T1 - Pre-operative evaluation of lung function test results JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 935 LP - 936 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00187109 VL - 35 IS - 4 AU - Bolliger, C. T. AU - Brunelli, A. AU - Charloux, A. Y1 - 2010/04/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/35/4/935.2.abstract N2 - From the authors: We read with interest the correspondence by B. Houltz and co-workers in which they comment on the recently suggested update of an algorithm for the functional assessment before lung resection, which forms part of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) clinical guidelines on fitness for radical therapy in lung cancer patients (surgery and chemo-radiotherapy 1. This algorithm, originally proposed in 1998 2, is based on four key parameters: 1) a cardiac evaluation according to time-honoured principles well-known in the cardiology literature (ECG, stress ECG, etc.); 2) a pulmonary evaluation with assessment of pulmonary mechanics using spirometry (forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FEV1); 3) a … ER -