The modified Medical Research Council scale for the assessment of dyspnea in daily living in obesity: a pilot study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Launois, Claire ^a   Barbe, Coralie ^b   Bertin, Eric ^b   Nardi, Julie ^a   Perotin, Jeanne Marie ^a   Dury, Sandra ^a   Lebargy, François ^a   Deslee, Gaëtan ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Lung function; Modified Medical Research Council scale; Obesity; Six minute walk test

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MODIFIED MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84866779682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-61     Document Type: Article

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