Six minute walk test Z score: Correlations with cystic fibrosis severity markers
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Predictors of oxygen desaturation during the six-minute walk test in patients with cystic fibrosis.
OBJECTIVE To identify the predictive factors of oxygen desaturation during the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS Prospective cross-sectional study involving clinically stable patients with CF aged > or = 10 years. The patients were submitted to nutritional evaluations, oral glucose tolerance tests, pulmonary function tests, chest X-rays and 6MWTs. RE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1569-1993
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2011.11.009