Exercise Testing Flashcards
What remains the method of choice to evaluate the body’s response to physical stress noninvasively at a low cost
Graded exercise testing
What is the respiratory stroke volume also known as
Tidal volume
What is mortality
Actual death
What is a morbidity
Something happened but they didn’t die
Why is exercise testing valuable
Shows the relationship between VO2 peek at all cause of morality and cardiovascular mortality
Who used to supervise graded exercise tests in 1980
They were supervised by cardiologists
Who supervises graded exercise tests now
Physicians, exercise physiologist, nurse, physical therapist
What is the AC LS
Advanced cardiac life support most places require this
What is the morbidity and mortality Rate with direct physician supervision
3.6 and 0.44
What are their morbidity and mortality rates with non-physician supervision
2.4 and 0.77
Why do you think the morbidity rate is higher with direct physician supervision
Because they are more likely to be with a higher risk patient for more bad stuff happens
Why do we do exercise testing
Determining presence and progression of disease, functional capacity, and effectiveness of treatment
Why can we not only rely on graded exercise testing for disease progression
Because it we may have lost weight we may have taken other drugs and decreased exercise
What is the difference in a positive and a negative
Positive means you have a disease negative means you do not have a disease
What are the relative and absolute contraindications of exercise
Relative means it can be performed if the benefits outweigh the risk an absolute means the test should not be performed
