The six-minute walk test - a reliable test for detection of exercise-related desaturation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
| Autor: | Kalinov R; Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria., Marinov B; Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria., Vladimirova-Kitova L; Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria., Hodzhev V; Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria., Kostianev S; Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Folia medica [Folia Med (Plovdiv)] 2023 Aug 31; Vol. 65 (4), pp. 569-576. |
| DOI: | 10.3897/folmed.65.e85983 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Exercise-induced desaturation is common in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It provides additional information about physical capacity and disease evolution, and it is an important predictor of mortality. (This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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