Pulmonary Function Test

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Welcome to theCardiopulmonaryExercise Testing

Innomed Inc. Piston Ltd.
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• Name and description
• Ergo spirometer
• Spiro ergometer exercise test
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
• CPX or CPEX

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• Fields of applications
• Preoperative Evaluation
• Evaluation of Impairment/Disability
• Pulmonology rehabilitation
• Sports medicine

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• International guidelines and requirements
• Statement on Cardiopulmonary Exercise
  Testing,American Thoracic Society and American
  College of Chest PhysiciansNovember 1, 2001
• Clinicians Guide to Cardiopulmonary Exercise
  Testing in AdultsA Scientific Statement from the
  American Heart Association,Circulation Journal,
  2010-07-21
• Standardization of Lung Function TestingATS/ERS
  Task force, European Respiratory Journal 2005

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• Diagnostic goal of the test
• Determination of functional impairment
• Determination of exercise-limiting factors
• Assessing contribution of cardiac and pulmonary
  etiology in coexisting disease
• Functional evaluation and prognosis in patients
  with heart failure
• Evaluation for lung, heartlung transplantation
• Exercise evaluation and prescription for
  pulmonary rehabilitation
• Exercise-induced bronchospasm

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• Basic physiologic signals
• Airflow and Volume
• Gas Analyzers O2, CO2
• ECG
• Blood pressure
• Pulse Oximetry
• Lactate (invasive)
• Load Bicycle, Treadmill

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• Basic measured parameters
• VE Ventilation
• VO2 Oxygen uptake
• VO2max Maximal Aerobic Capacity
• Vco2 Carbon dioxide production
• RER Respiratory Exchange Ratio (Vco2/Vo2)
• AT Anaerobic Threshold
• METs Metabolic equivalent (3,5 ml/kg)

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• Exercise Testing Protocols
• Maximal Incremental Cycle Ergometry Protocols
• Maximal Incremental Treadmill Protocols
• Constant Work Rate Protocol

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Basic graphs
Basic graphs
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• Main competitors in Europe
• CareFusion, USA, Germany
• Cortex, Germany
• Cosmed, Italy
• Custo, Germany
• Ganshorn, Germany
• Geratherm, Germany
• Medi Soft, Belgium
• Schiller, Switzerland

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