Desaturation during Physical Exercise in COPD Patients – a Stable-over-time Phenomenon

Kalinov Roman I.; Marinov Blagoi I.; Stoyanova Dimitrina I.; Hodgev Vladimir A.; Vladimirova-Kitova Lyudmila G.; Nikolov Fedya P.; Kostianev Stefan S.

doi:10.2478/folmed-2018-0079

Folia Medica (Jun 2019)

Desaturation during Physical Exercise in COPD Patients – a Stable-over-time Phenomenon

Kalinov Roman I.,
Marinov Blagoi I.,
Stoyanova Dimitrina I.,
Hodgev Vladimir A.,
Vladimirova-Kitova Lyudmila G.,
Nikolov Fedya P.,
Kostianev Stefan S.

Affiliations

Kalinov Roman I.: Department of Pneumonology and Phthysiatrics, St George University Hospital, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Marinov Blagoi I.: Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Stoyanova Dimitrina I.: Department of Pneumonology and Phthysiatrics, St George University Hospital, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Hodgev Vladimir A.: Department of Pneumonology and Phthysiatrics, St George University Hospital, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Vladimirova-Kitova Lyudmila G.: Clinic of Cardiology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Nikolov Fedya P.: Clinic of Cardiology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Kostianev Stefan S.: Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/folmed-2018-0079
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 61, no. 2
pp. 204 – 212

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Introduction: Exercise-induced desaturation is a common finding in patients with moderate and severe COPD. It is an important marker in the course of disease that has a prognostic value for mortality risk.

Published in Folia Medica

ISSN: 0204-8043 (Print); 1314-2143 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://foliamedica.bg

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