Functional capacity, physical activity, and quality of life in hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease


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SAĞLAM M., Vardar-Yagli N., Savci S., Inal-Ince D., Calik-Kutukcu E., Arikan H., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, vol.10, pp.423-428, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background: The risk of hypoxemia increases with the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the deterioration of pulmonary function. The aim of this study was to compare functional capacity, physical activity, and quality of life in hypoxemic and non-hypoxemic patients with COPD.