Oxygen therapy could improve survival in patients with early desaturation in the 6-minute walk test: A post hoc analysis

Affiliations

• ¹ Respiratory Department, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
• ² Canary Tropical Disease and Public Health Institute, La Laguna University, La Laguna, Spain.
• ³ Respiratory Department, Galdakao Hospital, Bizkaia, Spain.
• ⁴ BioCruces-Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Baracaldo, Spain.
• ⁵ Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network (REDISSEC), Galdakao, Spain.
• ⁶ Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud (RICAPPS), Barcelona, Spain.
• ⁷ Respiratory Department, Lucus Augusti Hospital, Lugo, Spain.
• ⁸ Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
• ⁹ Respiratory Department, Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain.
• ¹⁰ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Unit, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Tenerife and Primary Care Management, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
• ¹¹ Networked Biomedical Research Centre of Respiratory Diseases (CIBER), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.