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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Veröffentlicht in:Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
Hauptverfasser: Fujimoto, Yukari, Oki, Yutaro, Kaneko, Masahiro, Sakai, Hideki, Misu, Shogo, Yamaguchi, Takumi, Mitani, Yuji, Yasuda, Hisafumi, Ishikawa, Akira
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5593400/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28919734
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S143477
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