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Oxygen desaturation during a 6 min walk test is a sign of nocturnal hypoxemia

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may experience sleep disordered breathing with nocturnal desaturation. An exploratory study was performed to determine whether any commonly measured clinical parameters were useful in predicting nocturnal desaturation...

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Main Authors: Scott, Adrienne S, Baltzan, Marcel A, Chan, Ryan, Wolkove, Norman
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Pulsus Group Inc 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267623/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22187689
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