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Relationship between oxygen consumption kinetics and BODE Index in COPD patients

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present with reduced exercise capacity due to impaired oxygen consumption (VO(2)), caused primarily by pulmonary dysfunction and deleterious peripheral adaptations. Assuming that COPD patients present with slower VO...

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Autores principales: Borghi-Silva, Audrey, Beltrame, Thomas, Reis, Michel Silva, Sampaio, Luciana Maria Malosá, Catai, Aparecida Maria, Arena, Ross, Costa, Dirceu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23118534
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S35637