Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children with Cystic Fibrosis : one centre’s experience

Weir, Elise and Burns, Paul D and Devenny, Anne and Young, David and Paton, James Y (2017) Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children with Cystic Fibrosis : one centre’s experience. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102 (5). pp. 440-444. ISSN 0003-9888 (https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310651)

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Abstract

Exercise testing is increasingly being used as a prognostic indicator in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) but it is reported to be underutilised in UK CF centres, particularly in children. Here, we evaluated the CPET results of our children with CF at the CF annual review and its possible clinical value.