title: Minimal or maximal clinically important difference: using death to define MCID.
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Divay
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sciurba
mesh_terms: D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*