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Effects of the components of positive airway pressure on work of breathing during bronchospasm

INTRODUCTION: Partial assist ventilation reduces work of breathing in patients with bronchospasm; however, it is not clear which components of the ventilatory cycle contribute to this process. Theoretically, expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP), by reducing expiratory breaking, may be as impor...

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Autores principales: Miro, Adelaida M, Pinsky, Michael R, Rogers, Paul L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC420031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15025781