Pulmonary function testing: Difference between revisions

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===Oxygen desaturation during exercise===

The '''six-minute walk test''' is a good index of physical function and therapeutic response in patients with [[chronic lung disease]], such as [[COPD]] or [[idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis]]<ref name="pmid12890299">{{cite journal| author=Enright PL| title=The six-minute walk test. | journal=Respir Care | year= 2003 | volume= 48 | issue= 8 | pages= 783-5 | pmid=12890299 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid19996335">{{cite journal| author=Swigris JJ, Wamboldt FS, Behr J, du Bois RM, King TE, Raghu G et al.| title=The 6 minute walk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: longitudinal changes and minimum important difference. | journal=Thorax | year= 2010 | volume= 65 | issue= 2 | pages= 173-7 | pmid=19996335 | doi=10.1136/thx.2009.113498 | pmc=PMC31444863144486 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19996335 }} </ref><ref name="pmid12091180">{{cite journal| author=ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories| title=ATS statement: guidelines for the six-minute walk test. | journal=Am J Respir Crit Care Med | year= 2002 | volume= 166 | issue= 1 | pages= 111-7 | pmid=12091180 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>

===Arterial blood gases===