Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing by Andrew M Luks

Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing by Andrew M Luks

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is an important diagnostic test in pulmonary medicine and cardiology. Capable of providing significantly more information about an individual’s exercise capacity than standard exercise treadmill or 6-minute walk tests, the test is used for a variety of purposes including evaluating patients with unexplained exercise limitation or dyspnea on exertion, monitoring disease progression or response to treatment, determining fitness to undergo various surgical procedures and monitoring the effects of training in highly fit athletes. Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing is a unique new text that is ideal for trainees. It is presented in a clear, concise and easy-to-follow manner and is capable of being read in a much shorter time than the available texts on this topic. Chapters describe the basic physiologic responses observed during sustained exercise and explain how to perform and interpret these studies. The utility of the resource is further enhanced by several sections of actual patient cases, which provide opportunities to begin developing test interpretation skills. Given the widespread use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in clinical practice, trainees in pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, sports medicine, exercise physiology, and occasionally internal medicine, will find Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to be an essential and one of a kind reference.

From the reviews:

“This book aims to provide readers with an introduction to exercise physiology, as well as demonstrate how the response changes in various conditions, how to conduct CPET and, of course, how to interpret the data… this book is accessible, easy-to-read, well-structured and practical. It should be recommended to those who want to understand the basics of CPET and actively participate in clinical rounds where it is discussed as part of patient management.” (J.-L. Vachiery, European Respiratory Review, Vol. 22 (130), December, 2013)

“The aim is to provide a quick resource tool for clinicians who regularly perform cardiopulmonary exercise testing. … The primary audience is clinical exercise scientists, and includes healthcare or clinical professionals who will be engaging in cardiopulmonary exercise testing on a regular basis. The book may be useful for higher level college students … . This book is clear and concise. … This is an excellent pocket guide for cardiopulmonary testing. It is descriptive and easy to understand, while translating well to the clinical setting.” (Erik H. Vanlterson, Doody’s Book Reviews, July, 2013)

Dr. Robert B. Schoene is a graduate of Princeton University '68 and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons '72. He continued his training at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. He was on the faculty there from 1981-2003; his clinical and research endeavors were primarily critical care and exercise physiology, which led to his overseeing two of the exercise laboratories there. He also became involved in high-altitude research, which took him to Mt. Everest in 1981 to explore the limits of human performance, Denali in the mid-1980s to investigate high-altitude pulmonary edema, and the Andes over a couple of decades to investigate people living at high altitude. In 2003, he went to the UCSD School of Medicine to direct the Internal Medicine Training program and continue his work in pulmonary and exercise physiology. He presently is in the San Francisco Bay area practicing intensive care medicine as well as clinical exercise testing.

Dr. H. Thomas Robertson is a graduate of Colgate University '64 and Harvard Medical School '68. He completed his four-year medical residency at the University of Washington, interspersed by a twoyear tour as a partially trained anesthesiologist with the United States Army. After a two-year pulmonary fellowship at the University of Washington, he joined the Pulmonary Division as a faculty member. Throughout his academic career, he divided his time roughly equally between teaching, care of hospitalized patients, and physiology research in pulmonary gas exchange. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington. In retirement, he continues to exercise patients and conduct the weekly exercise conference at the University Hospital.

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ISBN 13	9781461462828
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Titel	Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Autor	Andrew M Luks
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Erscheinungsjahr	2013-03-23
Seitenanzahl	147
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