Six-minute-walk distance predicts waiting list survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

摘要: Rationale: Functional studies may be useful to predict survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Various cutoffs of 6-min-walk distance (6MWD) have been suggested identify patients at a high risk death.Objectives: To examine the association between 6MWD and with IPF listed for lung transplantation, sensitive specific predicting death 6 mo.Methods: We performed retrospective cohort study 454 classified as having transplantation United Network Organ Sharing June 30, 2004 July 22, 2005.Measurements Main Results: Lower was associated an increased mortality rate (p value linear trend < 0.0001). Patients walk less than 207 m had more fourfold greater those or more, despite adjustment demographics, anthropomorphics, FVC % predicted, hypertension, medical comorbidities (adjusted r...