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Author:   Tom Lawson (Swansea Bay University Health Board) ,  Helen Anderson (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009412889

ISBN 10:   1009412884
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   11 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Glossary; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. What is Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing?: 1. What is cardiopulmonary exercise testing?; 2. Exercise physiology; 3. Anaerobic threshold, ventilatory, and cardiovascular response to exercise and the Fick principle; Part II. Conducting a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test: 4. Conduct of a CPET; 5. Spirometry and flow-volume loops; 6. Ergometers and work rate increment, equipment, staff, and preparation; 7. Workload, breath-by-breath analysis and test phases, and stopping a cardiopulmonary exercise test; Part III. Interpreting a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test: 8. Different plots and CPET interpretation; 9. RER versus time (or work rate) plot; 10. VO2 (and VCO2) versus work rate versus time plot; 11. VCO2 versus VO2 plot; 12. VEVO2 and VEVCO2 versus time (or work or VO2) plot; 13. PETO2 and PETCO2 versus time (or work or VO2) plot; 14. Heart rate and O2 pulse (VO2/HR) versus time plot; 15. VE versus time plot; 16. VE versus VCO2 plot; 17. Vt versus VE plot; 18. Additional parameters of interest and presentation of results; Part IV. Assessment of Exercise Capacity and Causes of Exercise Limitation and Dyspnoea: 19. General interpretation and a normal test; 20. Submaximal test; 21. CPET in trained athletes, deconditioning, and obesity; 22. Cardiovascular limitation; 23. Ventilatory limitation; 24. Pulmonary vascular limitation; 25. Peripheral vascular limitation; 26. Peripheral muscle limitation; 27. CPET and dyspnoea; 28. Dysfunctional breathing; 29. Peri-operative risk stratification and shared decision making; Further Reading; Index.

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Tom Lawson is Consultant Anaesthetist at Swansea Bay University Health Board in Swansea. Helen Anderson is Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in Plymouth and Honorary Secretary of iPOETTS (International Prehabilitation and Perioperative Exercise Testing Society).

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