Usefulness of the desaturation–distance ratio from the six-minute walk test for patients with COPD

PURPOSE: A straightforward, noninvasive method is needed to assess emphysema and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in COPD patients. The desaturation–distance ratio (DDR) is an index derived from the distance traveled and level of desaturation during a six-minute walk test (6MWT); it has previously been s...

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Autores principales: Fujimoto, Yukari, Oki, Yutaro, Kaneko, Masahiro, Sakai, Hideki, Misu, Shogo, Yamaguchi, Takumi, Mitani, Yuji, Yasuda, Hisafumi, Ishikawa, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5593400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28919734
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S143477

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5593400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28919734
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S143477

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