A crossover study of short burst oxygen therapy (SBOT) for the relief of exercise-induced breathlessness in severe COPD

BACKGROUND: Previous small studies suggested SBOT may be ineffective in relieving breathlessness after exercise in COPD. METHODS: 34 COPD patients with FEV1 <40% predicted and resting oxygen saturation ≥93% undertook an exercise step test 4 times. After exercise, patients were given 4 l/min of ox...

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Autores principales: O'Driscoll, B Ronan, Neill, Jane, Pulakal, Siddiq, Turkington, Peter M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-23

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