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Diaphragmatic ultrasound findings correlate with dyspnea, exercise tolerance, health-related quality of life and lung function in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease

BACKGROUND: Fibrotic interstitial lung disease (FILD) patients are typically dyspneic and exercise-intolerant with consequent impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Respiratory muscle dysfunction is among the underlying mechanisms of dyspnea and exercise intolerance in FILD but may be...

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Autores principales: Santana, Pauliane Vieira, Cardenas, Leticia Zumpano, de Albuquerque, André Luis Pereira, de Carvalho, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro, Caruso, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31638951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-0936-1