Clinical Case 1 - Texas Department of State Health Services

An energy-oxygen equivalent of 5.0 kCal per liter provides a convenient yardstick for transposing any aerobic physiologic activity to a caloric (energy) frame of reference. In fact, indirect calorimetry through oxygen uptake measurement serves as the basis to quantify the caloric stress of most physical activities. The Respiratory Quotient (RQ) ................
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