Oxygen desaturation and adverse events during 6-min walk testing in patients with COPD

Background and objective The 6‐min walk test (6MWT) is a simple test assessing functional capacity, but concerns about risks of substantial oxygen desaturation in pulmonary patients have led to non‐adherence to the standardised American Thoracic Society guideline. We evaluated the safety of the 6MWT...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) Vic.), 2015-04, Vol.20 (3), p.419-425
Hauptverfasser:	Roberts, Mary M., Cho, Jin-Gun, Sandoz, Jacqueline S., Wheatley, John R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Australia chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exercise and pulmonary rehabilitation Exercise Test - adverse effects Exercise Test - methods Female Humans hypoxaemia Hypoxia - diagnosis Hypoxia - etiology Hypoxia - physiopathology Lung - physiopathology Male Middle Aged Oximetry - methods oxygen desaturation Physical Exertion Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - psychology Quality of Life respiratory function test Retrospective Studies Spirometry - methods Walking - physiology
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