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Abnormal breathlessness during cardiopulmonary exercise testing - validation in people with chronic airflow limitation

2023-09-12 respiratory medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundExertional breathlessness is the cardinal symptom in cardiorespiratory disease. We aimed to validate recently developed normative reference equations to evaluate breathlessness abnormality during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in people with chronic airflow limitation. MethodsAnalysis of people aged [≥]40 years with chronic airflow limitation undergoing CPET in the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) study. Breathlessness intensity ratings (Borg 0-10 categor...

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