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Increased respiratory drive relates to severity of dyspnea in systemic sclerosis

BACKGROUND: Dyspnea may be a presenting symptom in progressive systemic sclerosis (SSc). Respiratory drive (mouth occlusion pressure, MOP, at rest and during CO(2) rebreathing, 7% CO(2), 93% O(2)) is a major determinant of dyspnea and may relate to the magnitude of dyspnea. METHODS: In a prospective...

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Autores principales: Ninaber, Maarten K, Hamersma, Willem BGJ, Schuerwegh, Annemie JM, Stolk, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3986445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24708492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-57