Please explain how to interpret this result of 6MWT and what is the recommendation would you make? Severe COPD patient with history of 80 pack/year history of smoking. He can walk 300 yards with two rest in the best of two six-minutes walk test but desaturated to 86% on room air and felt very severely breathless (dyspnea score=7) at the end of the walk.

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Please explain how to interpret this result of 6MWT and what is the recommendation would you make? Severe COPD patient with history of 80 pack/year history of smoking. He can walk 300 yards with two rest in the best of two six-minutes walk test but desaturated to 86% on room air and felt very severely breathless (dyspnea score=7) at the end of the walk.
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