EHR523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cisplatin, Lobectomy, Muscle Atrophy
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Improving posture can assist to improve breathing efficiency and lung capacity. Abdominals: what exercises could you include in a program for someone who is: Slightly deconditioned: sb planks, dead bugs, side plank etc. You have had a recent referral of a 75 year old male who was diagnosed with nsclc. He has had a recent l lower lobectomy (6 weeks ago) and was treated with cisplatin and radiation prior to surgery. Patient has nil other health conditions or musculoskeletal concerns. Explain your clinical reasoning: decrease in sao2, hr increase, rpe increase, dramatic drop in sao2 at 2 min mark. What sao2 levels may be concerning: 85-88% When would you consider ceasing the test: no. Following the test, your patient reported that he experienced chest pain and sob which increased with increased activity and decreased with rest. What do you do: take hr and bp, have him rest and contact his gp.
