KINESIOL 4B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cardiac Stress Test, Exercise Intensity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness
20 Sep 2016
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Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation: part of usual care after acute cardiac event or cardiovascular procedure, main goal: patient education, diagnosis, cvd risk factors, symptom management, medications and early ambulation prior to discharge. Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: variations of traditional institution based or home based programs, traditionally focused on supervised group exercise, now more comprehensive, include education and therapeutic interventions risk factor modification, psychosocial counseling, nutrition management, vocational counseling. Occurs when patient is stable (delay if unstable: pci (1-2 weeks, cabg (4-6 weeks, depending on pain) Ideally have exercise stress test to see exercise responses, determine prescription from objective evaluation of individual"s responses: heart rate, blood pressure, ratings of perceived exertion (rpe, subjective responses, ecg, vo2peak. Can prescribe exercise and watch for things with these. Time to initiating cardiac rehab can influence the amount of improvements in functional capacity. Retrospective study of 486 patients referred to cr, older population ~70. Looked at ho wmuch improvement they got from exercise cardiac rehab.
