Packet F: Tossup 9

Over the course of using one of these devices, the number of METs is incremented from 5 to 18 in the Bruce protocol. Patients may be given dipyridamole in place of using one of these devices in the second phase of a non-parathyroid MIBI scan. The company Alter-G makes a class of these devices that uses NASA’s differential (-5[1])air pressure technique. One of these devices (-5[1])used (10[1])to prevent space adaptation (-5[1])syndrome on the ISS is named for Stephen Colbert. (10[2]-5[3])These (10[1])are the most (10[1]-5[1])common (10[1])devices that patients (10[1])are instructed (10[1])to use (10[1])while being monitored (-5[1])by ECG (10[5]-5[1])in a cardiac (10[2]-5[1])stress (10[2])test. (10[14])Either (10[4])a (10[1])cycle (10[2])ergometer (10[2])or (10[1])this device (10[1])is used (10[1])to estimate an athlete’s VO2 (10[1]-5[1])max (10[4]-5[2])in a (-5[1])CPET (10[2])test. (-5[3])For (-5[1])10 points, name these exercise machines (10[2])common (10[1])in medicine (10[2])that patients (10[1])walk (10[3])or (10[1])run (10[1])on (10[3])in place. (10[4])■END■ (10[15])

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