Correlation of exercise testing parameters - six-minutes walking distance, postexercise oxygen saturation and Borg score - with the degree of functional impairment in COPD

D. Gologanu, P. Leru, G. Rusu, C. Tanasescu (Bucharest, Romania)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - COPD - Quality of life and symptoms
Session: COPD - Quality of life and symptoms
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1607
Disease area: Airway diseases

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