Sleep and breathing disorders
PG3 Postgraduate course
Advanced cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Clinical
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in health and cardiorespiratory disease
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €137.5 standard and €154 on site.
Aims : to explain the physiological constraints of exercise testing and its application in clinical practice; to present the optimal methods for testing lung mechanics and spirometry; to explain the different formats of exercise tests as well as their advantages, disadvantages and prognostic value in adults and children; and to present the usefulness of exercise testing for evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in clinical practice.
Target audience :
Clinical researcher, Lung function technologist, Paediatrician, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Student, Trainee
Methods :
Physiology, Pulmonary function testing
09:30
Pulmonary gas exchange response to exercise in health and disease
P. Palange(Rome, Italy)
COI
-
Description
1
37
10:00
Respiratory mechanics and exertional dyspnoea in health and disease
D. O'Donnell(Kingston (ON), Canada)
COI
-
Description
2
38
10:30
The prognostic role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in disease
P. Laveneziana(Paris, France)
COI
-
Description
3
39
11:30
Exercise testing in children with respiratory diseases
T. Takken(Utrecht, Netherlands)
COI
-
Description
5
41
12:00
Group assignment
P. Palange(Rome, Italy)
COI
D. O'Donnell(Kingston (ON), Canada)
COI
P. Laveneziana(Paris, France)
COI
T. Takken(Utrecht, Netherlands)
COI
6
42
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