Breathlessness and exercise performance to predict mortality in long-term oxygen therapy – The population-based DISCOVERY study

Patients with chronic respiratory failure treated with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) often have severe breathlessness, impaired exercise performance, and high but variable mortality that is difficult to predict. We aimed to evaluate breathlessness and exercise performance upon starting LTOT as predictors of overall and short-term mortality.

Source: Respiratory Medicine - June 4, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Filip Bj örklund, Andreas Palm, Jwan Abdulrazak Gorani, Zainab Ahmadi, Josefin Sundh, Jenny Theorell-Haglöw, Mirjam Ljunggren, Ludger Grote, Karin Wadell, Magnus Ekström Tags: Original Research Source Type: research