Does risk of mortality increase with increasing number of abnormal non-ST parameters recorded during exercise testing?
There is a continuum of risk as the number of abnormal parameters increases, suggesting that it may be important to determine their presence and number during exercise testing.
Acute pancreatitis induced marked diaphragmatic dysfunction. Although the precise mechanisms responsible for this alteration are not precisely determined, diaphragmatic dysfunction may play a role in pancreatitis-associated respiratory failure.