title: Interpretation of clinical exercise testing in respiratory disease.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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