Anaes Vivas · Preoperative assessment & risk
Equipment viva — the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET)
An equipment viva on the CPET — the cycle ergometer (the ramped workload), the gas analyser (the breath-by-breath VO2 and VCO2), the ECG, and the variables (AT, VO2 max, VE/VCO2 slope).
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A CPET setup: a cycle ergometer, a mouthpiece with a gas analyser, an ECG, and a pulse oximeter.
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A CPET setup with a cycle ergometer and a gas analyser. Describe the components, the conduct of the test, and the variables it produces.
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- [3]Older PO, Levett DZH. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Surgery. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 2017.PMID 28511024