Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2015)

Six Minute Walk Distance Is a Predictor of Survival in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Undergoing Pulmonary Rehabilitation

  • Esther Dajczman,
  • Rima Wardini,
  • Goulnar Kasymjanova,
  • David Préfontaine,
  • Marc Alexander Baltzan,
  • Norman Wolkove

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/280187
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 4
pp. 225 – 229

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive and distressing disease with a trajectory that is often difficult to predict.