CPET Exercise Testing

Pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing is used to objectively measure physical fitness before major surgery. Fitness predicts post-operative complications and death. CPET can also be used to diagnose the cause of exercise limitation when fitness is impaired. CPET results are used in a number of ways:

• To contribute to pre-operative risk assessment
  
• To inform surgical consent
  
• To inform collaborative decision making, driving individualized patient centred care
  
• To inform pre-operative referrals and optimization in preparation for surgery
  
• To inform exercise interventions pre and post operatively
  
• To triage to appropriate perioperative care

• CPET EXERCISE TESTING
• Risk Prediction Tools
• Exercise Testing Guidelines
• POETTS Clinical Guidelines