Diffusing capacity > 61(%predicted) predicts absence of hypoxemia during 6-Minute Walk test in patients with interstitial lung disease

H. T. de Raaf, M. Wapenaar, Y. M. de Feijter, H. Groepenhoff, M. S. Wijsenbeek, B. Blink van den, H. C. Hoogsteden, H. Stam (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Life's a gas: aspects of respiratory gas exchange
Session: Life's a gas: aspects of respiratory gas exchange
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4332
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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