RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rating respiratory disability: a report on behalf of a working group of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 1074
OP 1077
DO 10.1183/09031936.93.03091074
VO 3
IS 9
A1 Cotes, JE
YR 1990
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/9/1074.abstract
AB A rating procedure for respiratory disability has been developed; it entails measuring the symptom-limited maximal oxygen uptake or estimating the maximal uptake from the results of a submaximal exercise test and other relevant variables. The derivation assumes a linear scale of disability between the limits 0% and 100% which are defined. The percentage disability of 157 men with respiratory limitation of exercise has been used to delineate empirical grades of disability. These are of similar form to those used for grading respiratory impairment. More information is needed with a view to validation.