Interpretation of clinical exercise testing in respiratory disease.
The usefulness of exercise tests is considerably enhanced if the treating physician becomes involved in interpretation of their results. Interpretation is facilitated through the use of a graphic approach that can be implemented with inexpensive desk-top computers. The relevant relations and the clinical and pathophysiologic significance of abnormalities in these graphs are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012119:Respiration; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013990:Tidal Volume