This commentary is based on the recently published article: Tantisira KG, Systrom DM, Ginns LC. An elevated breathing reserve index at the lactate threshold is a predictor of mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis awaiting lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;165;1629-1633.
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Dan Michael
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College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. dcooper@uci.edu