(Ebook) Clinical Exercise Testing by Idelle M. Weisman, R. Jorge Zeballos, Idelle M. Weisman, R. Jorge Zeballos ISBN 9783805572989, 3805572980

(Ebook) Clinical Exercise Testing by Idelle M. Weisman, R. Jorge Zeballos, Idelle M. Weisman, R. Jorge Zeballos ISBN 9783805572989, 3805572980

In the last several years, Clinical Exercise Testing has become an increasingly important tool for patient evaluation in clinical medicine due to a growing awareness of the limitations of traditional resting cardiopulmonary measurements. Emphasizing scientific and technological advances and focusing on clinical applications for patient diagnosis and management, this volume provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary review of clinical exercise testing, concentrating on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET). 25 reader-friendly chapters discuss important topics, including the physiologic responses to exercise in normal subjects, in the aged and in various disease states; the set-up of an exercise lab; the methodology and protocols used for clinical exercise testing; and an integrative approach to the interpretation of CPET results. CPET in heart failure, deconditioning, COPD, ILD, pulmonary vascular disease, neuromuscular disease, and asthma is thoroughly discussed.