The objective of this study was to demonstrate the causes, optimal definition, and predictive value of exercise-induced hypotension occurring during treadmill testing. This study included all patients referred for clinical reasons to the Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center treadmill laboratory and then followed for a 2-year period for cardiac events. The population consisted of 2,...

An objective structured clinical examination was written to evaluate the primary care teaching in Southampton medical school's third year curriculum. Its transition from a summative to a formative evaluation is described. During the academic year 1985-86 the examination was completed by 115 students in 12 groups, and the results give some support to its validity. Students reported that they had...

The two most common diseases with airway obstruction from pre-school age are asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF). Airway diseases in infancy will not be discussed. For reasons of simplicity, asthma is defined as the complex coexistance of one or more of the symptoms wheeze, breathlessness, cough, mucus hypersecretion, which are either chronically or intermittently present and which are generally tr...

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Sir, As board members of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ⁄Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, we agree with Van Cauwenbergh et al.’s view [1] that exercise treatment should be carefully tailored to each individual with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and have recently published a Primer directed at physicians [2]. Although a time-contingent approach may work for a percentage of...

Due to the amount of literature supporting exercise participation after cancer diagnosis, there has been recent interest in barriers to exercise engagement among cancer patients. However, little is known regarding reasons why people choose to disengage and how this disengagement occurs over time. This study aimed to qualitatively study the perceived barriers to exercise implementation, 5-year p...

BACKGROUND Heart transplant (HT) recipients demonstrate limited exercise capacity compared to normal patients, very likely for multiple reasons. In this study we hypothesized that left atrial volume (LAV), which is known to predict exercise capacity in patients with various cardiac pathologies including heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with limited exercise capacity o...

Purpose Pediatric cancer survivors often experience late effects secondary to cancer therapy, but their choices for symptom management is largely unknown. Many of these late effects can be treated by lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise, and conventional supplements. Although the use of lifestyle therapies appears common in children and adolescents, including pediatric cancer survivors, the...