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: Adrienne S Scott, Marcel A Baltzan, Ryan Chan, Norman Wolkove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/242636
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