Predictors of reduced 6-minute walk distance after COVID-19: a cohort study in Mexico

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¹ Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Providence Health Care Research Institute, The University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
² Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico.
³ Respiratory and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico.
⁴ Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Providence Health Care Research Institute, The University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ Respiratory and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico. Electronic address: dr_morenheim@hotmail.com.

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A W Wong et al. Pulmonology. 2021 Nov-Dec.

. 2021 Nov-Dec;27(6):563-565.

doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2021.03.004. Epub 2021 Mar 26.

¹ Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Providence Health Care Research Institute, The University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
² Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico.
³ Respiratory and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico.
⁴ Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Providence Health Care Research Institute, The University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ Respiratory and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico. Electronic address: dr_morenheim@hotmail.com.

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