Open AccessExercise-induced desaturation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on six-minute walk test
Author(s) -
Archana C. Dogra,
Urmil Gupta,
Malay Sarkar,
Anita Padam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.159550
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , anthropometry , cardiology , pulmonary function testing , logistic regression , pulmonary disease , receiver operating characteristic , physical therapy
Exercise-induced desaturation (EID) is associated with increased mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the relationship of EID with anthropometric and clinical parameters of resting pulmonary function test and six-minute walk test (6MWT) in COPD remains unclear. The study was designed to assess the correlate of EID and to identify various possible predictors of EID in stable normoxemic patients of COPD.