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Methods for Assessing Expiratory Flow Limitation during Tidal Breathing in COPD Patients

Patients with severe COPD often exhale along the same flow-volume curve during quite breathing as during forced expiratory vital capacity manoeuvre, and this has been taken as indicating expiratory flow limitation at rest (EFL(T)). Therefore, EFL(T), namely, attainment of maximal expiratory flow dur...

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Autores principales: Koulouris, Nickolaos G., Kaltsakas, Georgios, Palamidas, Anastasios F., Gennimata, Sofia-Antiopi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23008769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/234145