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Nocturnal CPAP improves walking capacity in COPD patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

BACKGROUND: Exercise limitation is an important issue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and it often co-exists with obstructive sleep apnoea (overlap syndrome). This study examined the effects of nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on walking c...

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Autores principales: Wang, Tsai-Yu, Lo, Yu-Lun, Lee, Kang-Yun, Liu, Wen-Te, Lin, Shu-Min, Lin, Ting-Yu, Ni, Yung-Lun, Wang, Chao-Yung, Ho, Shu-Chuan, Kuo, Han-Pin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3689615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23782492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-14-66