Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
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J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev · May 2010
Six-minute walk distance in patients with severe end-stage COPD: association with survival after inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation.
To evaluate the relationship between the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) and survival in a cohort of patients with severe end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (IPR) from 1995 to 2007. ⋯ In patients with severe end-stage COPD, IPR significantly improved 6MWD, and the post-6MWD and Delta6MWD were positively associated with the length of survival.