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What are the appropriate reference values for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in healthy adults?
What are the appropriate reference values for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in healthy adults?
There is no single ideal set of reference values for CPET; laboratories must select reference values that best match their specific patient population, equipment, and methodology.
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Laboratories must select CPET references matched to local population, equipment, and methods; confirms heterogeneity precludes universal equations.
Paap et al. (2014) studied this question.
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