Round 7: 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 air pressure technique. One of these devices used to prevent space adaptation syndrome on the ISS is named for Stephen Colbert. (-5[1])These are the most common devices that patients are instructed to use while being monitored by ECG (-5[1])in a cardiac stress test. (10[1])Either (10[1])a cycle ergometer (10[1])or this device is used to estimate an athlete’s VO2 max in a CPET (10[2])test. (-5[1])For 10 points, name these exercise machines common in medicine (10[1])that patients walk (10[1])or run (10[1])on in place. (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

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