Impaired cardiorespiratory fitness after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Autor: Harmsen WJ; Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, w.harmsen@erasmusmc.nl., Ribbers GM, Zegers B, Sneekes EM, Heijenbrok-Kal MH, Khajeh L, van Kooten F, Neggers SJ, van den Berg-Emons RJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of rehabilitation medicine [J Rehabil Med] 2016 Oct 12; Vol. 48 (9), pp. 769-775.
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2127
Abstrakt: Objective: To assess cardiorespiratory fitness in patients following an aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and to explore this in fatigued and non-fatigued patients.
Design: Cross-sectional case-control study.
Subjects/patients: A total of 28 patients, 6 months post aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, and 28 sex- and age-matched controls.
Methods: Cardiorespiratory responses to a progressive cardiopulmonary exercise test on a cycle ergometer were obtained using indirect calorimetry. Fatigue was assessed using the Fatigue Severity Scale.
Results: Mean peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak) was significantly lower in patients (22.0 (standard deviation (SD) 6.2) ml/kg/min) than in controls (69% of controls, p < 0.001). All other cardiorespiratory fitness parameters were also lower, with peak levels ranging from 62% to 77% of matched controls. Mean V̇O2peak was 19.4 (SD 4.1) ml/kg/min in fatigued patients (63% of matched controls, p < 0.001) and 23.9 (SD 6.9) ml/kg/min in non-fatigued patients (74% of matched controls, p = 0.002).
Conclusion: Cardiorespiratory fitness is impaired after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, both in fatigued and non-fatigued patients. This finding may have implications for treatment.
Databáze: MEDLINE