Ginger is a 60 year-old retired school teacher. She’s previously been diagnosed with CKD and has a current eGFR of 52 ml/min and her serum creatinine is 1.27 ml/dl. Ginger is 65” tall and weighs 156 lbs. She is working with a registered clinical dietician to manage her nutrient intake and eating habits. She is taking her Plendil as prescribed. Prior to beginning an exercise program, Ginger underwent a GXT. She achieved a maximum exercise capacity of 6 METs, a HRmax of 164 beats/min and demonstrated normal hemodynamic responses to exercise of increasing intensity. Over the last several weeks, Ginger has been regularly exercising in your clinical wellness facility.  When she is not exercising, she enjoys gardening and walking in her neighborhood park with friends. She has been recording her resting heart rate and blood pressure before each exercise session. Her average resting heart rate is 68 beats/min and blood pressure is114/72 mmHg. Her resting measurements have not varied widely since she started recording them.     According to your class notes, Ginger is in what stage of CKD?   A. Stage 1   B. Stage 2   C. Stage 3   D. Stage 4   E. Stage 5   F. Not enough information to determine CKD stage According to ACSM’s GETP11, how would you classify Ginger’s cardiovascular fitness as measured during her treadmill GXT?   A. Superior   B. Excellent   C. Good   D. Fair   E. Poor   F. Very Poor Ginger is currently treadmill walking at an intensity of 50 to 55% of her VO2R. What is her rate of oxygen consumption in ml/kg/min?   A. 10.5 to 11.6 ml/kg/min   B. 8.8 to 9.6 ml/kg/min   C. 12.3 to 13.1 ml/kg/min   D. There's not enough information to calculate Ginger's rate of oxygen consumption   E. 12.6 to 14.7 ml/kg/min

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Ginger is a 60 year-old retired school teacher. She’s previously been diagnosed with CKD and has a current eGFR of 52 ml/min and her serum creatinine is 1.27 ml/dl. Ginger is 65” tall and weighs 156 lbs. She is working with a registered clinical dietician to manage her nutrient intake and eating habits. She is taking her Plendil as prescribed. Prior to beginning an exercise program, Ginger underwent a GXT. She achieved a maximum exercise capacity of 6 METs, a HRmax of 164 beats/min and demonstrated normal hemodynamic responses to exercise of increasing intensity. Over the last several weeks, Ginger has been regularly exercising in your clinical wellness facility.  When she is not exercising, she enjoys gardening and walking in her neighborhood park with friends. She has been recording her resting heart rate and blood pressure before each exercise session. Her average resting heart rate is 68 beats/min and blood pressure is114/72 mmHg. Her resting measurements have not varied widely since she started recording them.  

 

According to your class notes, Ginger is in what stage of CKD?

  A.

Stage 1

  B.

Stage 2

  C.

Stage 3

  D.

Stage 4

  E.

Stage 5

  F.

Not enough information to determine CKD stage

  1. According to ACSM’s GETP11, how would you classify Ginger’s cardiovascular fitness as measured during her treadmill GXT?

      A.

    Superior

      B.

    Excellent

      C.

    Good

      D.

    Fair

      E.

    Poor

      F.

    Very Poor

    Ginger is currently treadmill walking at an intensity of 50 to 55% of her VO2R. What is her rate of oxygen consumption in ml/kg/min?

      A.

    10.5 to 11.6 ml/kg/min

      B.

    8.8 to 9.6 ml/kg/min

      C.

    12.3 to 13.1 ml/kg/min

      D.

    There's not enough information to calculate Ginger's rate of oxygen consumption

      E.

    12.6 to 14.7 ml/kg/min

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