On May 30, 2024, Dr. Ancilla Rompala, MD, a 2023 CHOC Fellow
in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, presented her research on fitness
assessments in pediatric patients recovering from Multisystem Inflammatory
Syndrome (MIS-C) at the ACSM annual meeting. Her study, titled “Using CPET to
Evaluate Possible Long-term Effects of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
(MIS-C) in Pediatric Populations”, highlights the advantages of using
cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) to identify respiratory and cardiac
limitations. These include subtle issues (e.g., ΔV̇E/ΔV̇CO2, ΔV̇O2/ΔHR, and
post-exercise FEV1) that may not be detectable through static lung function
measurements or ECG alone.