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Role of inspiratory capacity on dyspnea evaluation in COPD with or without emphysematous lesions: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Since forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) shows a weak correlation with patients’ symptoms in COPD, some volume parameters may better reflect the change in dyspnea symptoms after treatment. In this article, we investigated the role of inspiratory capacity (IC) on dyspnea evalua...

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Autores principales: Cui, Liwei, Ji, Xiuli, Xie, Mengshuang, Dou, Shuang, Wang, Wei, Xiao, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29033563
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S142016