Concurrent validity between field tests and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Background: Maximal treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise testing is the gold standard for assessing functional capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

Purpose: Primarily to investigate the concurrent validity between three field tests and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in these patients.

Methods: Patients performed the cardiopulmonary exercise testing, a six-minute walk test, an incremental shuttle walk test, and, the Glittre-ADL test.

Factors associated with pulmonary infection in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients: a case-control study.

Objective: To evaluate the etiology of and factors associated with pulmonary infection in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients.

Methods: This was a single-center case-control study conducted between December of 2017 and March of 2020 at a referral center for kidney transplantation in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The case:control ratio was 1:1.