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Oxygen desaturation during the six-minute walk test in COPD patients

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the behavior of oxygen saturation curves throughout the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with COPD. METHODS: We included 85 patients, all of whom underwent spirometry and were classified as having moderate COPD (modCOPD, n = 30) or severe COPD (sevCOPD, n = 55). All of...

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Autores principales: Moreira, Maria Ângela Fontoura, de Medeiros, Gabriel Arriola, Boeno, Francesco Pinto, Sanches, Paulo Roberto Stefani, da Silva, Danton Pereira, Müller, André Frotta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25029644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000300004