| Role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and the criteria used to determine disability in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | |
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PMID: 8087347 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the precision and variability with which resting pulmonary function tests (resting PFTs) can be used to predict the capacity in exercise, and the usefulness of the different measurements of pulmonary function in the evaluation of impairment/disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We studied 78 patients with stabilized COPD (FEV1 45.1 +/- 17.1%). Of these, 39 suffered severe impairment according to the resting PFTs. Both the group with severe impairment (maximal oxygen consumption [VO2,max]: 16.22 +/- 5 ml/kg/min; maximal minute ventilation [VEmax]: 31.87 +/- 7.1 L/min; maximal heart rate [HRmax]: 133.8 +/- 10.9 beats/min) and the group with nonsevere impairment according to the resting PFTs (VO2max: 22.55 +/- 7.9 ml/kg/min; VEmax: 42.11 +/- 10.9 L/min; HRmax: 138 +/- 13.7 beats/min) showed ventilatory limitation during exercise. FEV1 was the most prevalent criterion for the determination of severe impairment (FEV1 < 40%), and was the variable best correlated to VO2max (r = 0.52 with VO2max as absolute value and r = 0.54 with VO2max expressed as a percentage of the reference value), but the resting PFTs were not predictive of exercise performance including patients with severe COPD. Evaluation of working capacity (based on VO2max) revealed a significant number of inaccurate predictions among the results of the resting PFTs. Sensitivity and specificity analysis were used to compare the different criteria used to evaluate the severity of disability. They reveal that the classification will be different according to the criteria used.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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Authors:
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F Ortega; T Montemayor; A Sánchez; F Cabello; J Castillo |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Volume: 150 ISSN: 1073-449X ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. Publication Date: 1994 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1994-10-20 Completed Date: 1994-10-20 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9421642 Medline TA: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 747-51 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Pneumology Service, University Hospital, Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain. |
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Disability Evaluation* Exercise Test* / instrumentation, methods, statistics & numerical data Humans Lung Diseases, Obstructive / classification, diagnosis*, epidemiology, physiopathology Male Middle Aged Prognosis Regression Analysis Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Smoking / epidemiology, physiopathology Spirometry / instrumentation, methods, statistics & numerical data |
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