Unexpected improvements of lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually characterized by a progressive decline of lung function. We reported the 10 years follow-up of an elderly man, a heavy smoker with severe COPD and apical bullous emphysema. During 6 months pulmonary rehabilitation program the patient’s clinical...

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Autores principales: Topalovic, Marko, Helsen, Tuur, Troosters, Thierry, Janssens, Wim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.05.004
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author Topalovic, Marko
Helsen, Tuur
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Janssens, Wim
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description Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually characterized by a progressive decline of lung function. We reported the 10 years follow-up of an elderly man, a heavy smoker with severe COPD and apical bullous emphysema. During 6 months pulmonary rehabilitation program the patient’s clinical state improved significantly and it associated with a steep increase in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). This case report elaborates on the unexpected gain of FEV1 in the follow-up of a COPD patient.
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spelling pubmed-49011752016-06-21 Unexpected improvements of lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Topalovic, Marko Helsen, Tuur Troosters, Thierry Janssens, Wim Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually characterized by a progressive decline of lung function. We reported the 10 years follow-up of an elderly man, a heavy smoker with severe COPD and apical bullous emphysema. During 6 months pulmonary rehabilitation program the patient’s clinical state improved significantly and it associated with a steep increase in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). This case report elaborates on the unexpected gain of FEV1 in the follow-up of a COPD patient. Elsevier 2016-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4901175/ /pubmed/27330959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.05.004 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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