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Use of cluster analysis to describe desaturator phenotypes in COPD: correlations between pulmonary function tests and nocturnal oxygen desaturation.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2011
Toraldo Domenico Maurizio, De Nuccio Francesco, Gaballo Annarita, Nicolardi Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Significant heterogeneity of clinical presentation and disease progression exists within chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) inadequately describes this heterogeneity, a clear alternative has not emerged. This article discusses and refines the concept of phenotyping desaturators in COPD and shows a possible pattern which could be used as...
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