Cardiopulmonary exercise test findings in symptomatic mustard gas exposed cases with normal HRCT

• Published in: Pulmonary circulation Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 414 - 418
• Main Authors: Aliannejad, Rasoul, Saburi, Amin, Ghanei, Mostafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England University of Chicago Press 01.04.2013; SAGE Publications; Medknow Publications; Sage Publications Ltd. (UK); John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: cardiopulmonary exercise test; Chemical hazards; Computerized axial tomography; Control groups; CT imaging; Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Health aspects; Heart rate; Mustard gas; Oxygen; Oxygen consumption; oxygen metabolism; Pulmonary function tests; Pulmonary gas exchange; Research Article; Shortness of breath; Ventilation systems; United States; oxygen metabolism; dyspnea; cardiopulmonary exercise test; mustard gas
• ISSN: 2045-8932; 2045-8940; 2045-8940
• DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.113174

Many patients with sulfur mustard (SM) exposure present dyspnea in exertion while they have a normal pulmonary function test (PFT) and imaging. The cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) has been used for evaluation of dyspnea in exertion among patients with different pulmonary disorders focusing on a...