Exercise Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine Physicians

Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4419-2630-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 657 g

This practical book is a guide to exercise stress testing for primary care, family medicine, and sports medicine physicians. Sections are devoted to performing the stress test, test interpretation and application, and sports medicine applications. An evidence-based approach is incorporated where appropriate, and cases highlight patient management. Flow charts and algorithms further aid with the decision-making process. Hospital privilege, risk, and medical-legal concerns are addressed as well. The book is complete with appendices that outline equipment requirements and reimbursement and coding.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Russell D.

Evans, Corey H.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Sportmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sportmedizin, Medikamentenmissbrauch, Doping

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Performing the Exercise Test.- Exercise Physiology for Graded Exercise Testing: A Primer for the Primary Care Clinician.- Performance of the Exercise Test.- Exercise Testing Special Protocols.- Testing Special Populations.- Interpretation and Application of the Exercise Test.- Interpreting the Exercise Test.- Common Abnormal Responses Seen with Exercise Testing and How to Manage Them.- Nuclear Imaging with Exercise Testing.- Stress Echocardiography.- Stratifying Symptomatic Patients Using the Exercise Test and Other Tools.- Exercise Testing as Applied to the Preoperative Patient.- Exercise Testing and Other Tools for Risk Stratification in~Asymptomatic Patients.- Promoting Therapeutic Lifestyle Change and the Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease.- Exercise Testing After Bypass or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Legal Aspects of Graded Exercise Testing.- Sports Medicine Applications of Exercise Testing.- Measuring Physical Fitness.- Generating an Exercise Prescription from the Exercise Test.- The Role of Gas Analysis and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.- Testing Athletic Populations.- Exercise Testing for the Symptomatic Athlete.- Case Studies.- Case Studies: Lessons Learned from~Interesting Cases.