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Lung hyperinflation and functional exercise capacity in patients with COPD – a three-year longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Lung hyperinflation contributes to dyspnea, morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The inspiratory-to-total lung capacity (IC/TLC) ratio is a measure of lung hyperinflation and is associated with exercise intolerance. However, knowledge of its effect on...

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Autores principales: Aalstad, Linn T., Hardie, Jon A., Espehaug, Birgitte, Thorsen, Einar, Bakke, Per S., Eagan, Tomas M. L., Frisk, Bente
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30522466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0747-9