Exercise-induced desaturation in subjects with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: laboratory-based tests versus field-based exercise tests.
Cristiane Helga Yamane de OliveiraAnderson JoséAnderson Alves de CamargoMaria Ignez Zanetti FeltrimRodrigo Abensur AthanazioSamia Zahi RachedRaphael StelmachSimone Dal CorsoPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2021)
Field exercise tests showed good precision to detect desaturation. Field tests might be an alternative to laboratory tests when the clinical question is to investigate exercise-induced desaturation in subjects with bronchiectasis.