Re: Bruce did you see this article?

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Ken

No, I had not. I will reread it again later, wider awake. There are a

lot of projects I've read at different times trying to find ways to

predict morbidity. A lesser number trying to find ways to impact it

(other than medication). Most are small studies and not very controlled

groups. So, I generally leave not real sure what I just learned. It

seems their conclusion would be rather self evident that those who have

less ability to uptake a certain level of oxygen during exercise would

be likely to live a shorter time.

I guess the use of such information might be in planning and especially

in planning toward transplants. I think the doctors would really like to

figure out how to put that expiration date stamp on our butts.

That brings about a most interesting question to me. If you could know

in advance the precise timetables for the various stages including

death, would you want to know?

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> Good Morning Bruce,

> I saw this article and thought I'd ask if you had seen it.

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http://www.thoracic.org/sections/publications/press-releases/resources/i\

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> pf-vo2max-030109.pdf

> Ken Baker UIP/IPF 12/05

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