Background COPD exacerbations are responsible for the morbidity and mortality of this
disease. The relationship between exacerbations and patient-related clinical outcomes is not …

… of pulmonary function, exercise capacity, health and work status among SARS survivors. …
2-year outcome of lung function, exercise capacity, health and work status of SARS survivors …

… , and general health status in symptomatic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(… impact on reported health status than does respiratory physiology as measured by PFTs. …

… This study examined health status decline in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). Data are from the Inhaled Steroids in Obstructive Lung Disease (ISOLDE) trial…

… the persistence of abnormalities in pulmonary function, and whether these abnormalities …
characterize the long-term pulmonary function and health status in a prospectively identified …

… pulmonary function and both all-causeand cause-specific mortality. The purpose of this study
was toinvestigate the predictive value of pulmonary function … pulmonary function status, we …

… between measures of health status and a wide range of measures of dyspnea, lung
function and exercise capacity, in order to identify in which dimensions of health status lung-specific …

… For example, in a study by Pitta and colleagues, 4 the correlation coefficients (r values)
between various pulmonary function measurements and activity levels (measured with a triaxial …

… Regarding exercise capacity, one novel finding in this study was that it could be the most
significant criterion related to mortality among age, pulmonary function, BMI, or health status …

… pulmonary function after survival. We prospectively measured pulmonary function, emotional
function, and health-… tidal volumes on any pulmonary function measure. Approximately 80% …