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Expiratory central airway collapse in stable COPD and during exacerbations

BACKGROUND: Tracheal obstruction resulting from expiratory tracheal deformation has been associated with respiratory symptoms and severe airway exacerbations. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute exacerbations (AECOPD) create large intrathoracic pressure swings which may increase t...

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Autores principales: Leong, Paul, Tran, Anne, Rangaswamy, Jhanavi, Ruane, Laurence E., Fernando, Michael W., MacDonald, Martin I., Lau, Kenneth K., Bardin, Philip G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5574204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28841915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0646-2

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