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No room to breathe: the importance of lung hyperinflation in COPD

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are progressively limited in their ability to undertake normal everyday activities by a combination of exertional dyspnoea and peripheral muscle weakness. COPD is characterised by expiratory flow limitation, resulting in air trapping and lun...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Mike, Decramer, Marc, O'Donnell, Denis E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23429861
http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2013.00025