Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
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J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev · Nov 2007
Clinical cardiopulmonary exercise testing: patient and referral characteristics.
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a well-established procedure for which applications have evolved in several different medical specialties. There are limited data describing how CPET is actually used in clinical practice. Such information would be useful for understanding the clinical conditions and questions likely to be encountered by a referral laboratory, and for informing future research related to the use of CPET. ⋯ The experience of this laboratory mirrored the range of indications for CPET found in published literature. The spectrum of indications and referral sources underscore both the many causes and implications of exercise intolerance relevant to clinical practice, and the challenges to laboratory personnel for appropriate testing and reporting of data.
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J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev · Nov 2007
Practice GuidelineClinical Competency Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Professionals: American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Position Statement.
The article provides an outline of clinical competencies recommended for personnel providing comprehensive services in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), complementing the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. Individuals wishing to provide PR services should possess a common core of professional and clinical competencies regardless of their academic discipline.