Airway diseases
Sleep and breathing disorders
PG16 Postgraduate course
Advanced cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Clinical
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in health and respiratory disease
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €171 on site, €153 standard.
Aims : Access educational materials here to understand the physiological constraints of exercise tolerance and its application in clinical practice; to appreciate the optimal methods for testing lung mechanics and spirometry; to understand the different formats of exercise tests, their advantages and disadvantages, and their different prognostic values in adults and children; and to appreciate the usefulness of exercise testing for evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in clinical practice.
Target audience :
Clinical researcher, General practitioner, Lung function technologist, Paediatrician, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Student, Thoracic surgeon, Trainee, Adult pulmonologist/Clinician
Methods :
Physiology, Pulmonary function testing
14:00
Pulmonary gas exchange response to exercise in health and disease
P. Palange(Rome, Italy)
CoI
182
14:30
Respiratory mechanics and exertional dyspnoea in health and disease
D. O'Donnell(Kingston (ON), Canada)
CoI
183
15:00
Group assignment
P. Palange(Rome, Italy)
CoI
D. O'Donnell(Kingston (ON), Canada)
CoI
184
16:00
The prognostic role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in disease
P. Laveneziana(Paris Cedex 13, France)
CoI
186
16:30
Exercise testing in children with respiratory diseases
T. Takken(Utrecht, Netherlands)
CoI
187
17:00
Group assignment
P. Laveneziana(Paris Cedex 13, France)
CoI
T. Takken(Utrecht, Netherlands)
CoI
188
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