Manifestation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in an HIV-infected patient with highly active anti-retroviral therapy: A Case Report
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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International Journal of Life Science Research Archive, 2021, 01(02), 013–017.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijlsra.2021.1.2.0064
Publication history:
Received on 13 August 2021; revised on 18 September 2021; accepted on 20 September 2021
Abstract:
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes severe immunodeficiency syndrome in most patients if left untreated. It has been a reportable disease in Taiwan since 1984, and was diagnosed in 41,679 patients until June 2020. However, there is no previous study evaluating aerobic capacity in HIV-infected patient in Taiwan.
Case report: A 50-year-old male with HIV infection visited our rehabilitation center for cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) due to dyspnea on exertion sometimes. He received a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen since 2015. He could achieve VO2max during CPET. The maximal aerobic ability was about 91.95% of the predicted, and functional aerobic impairment (FAI) was within normal limit. His VO2 peak was 8.3 MET, equal to 29.05 mL/kg/min. Additionally, VO2 AT was 4.5 MET, equal to 15.75 mL/kg/min. We make recommendations of physical exercise training program according to CPET results.
Conclusion: The difference of disease duration, HAART regimen and time of HAART will affect the cardiopulmonary fitness results. However, our HIV-infected patient showed normal aerobic fitness following the CPET, and aerobic capacity did not impair in HIV-infected patient receiving HAART due to personalized life-style modification.
Keywords:
HIV; Antiretroviral therapy; Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Aerobic fitness
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