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Large lungs may predict increased air trapping in navy divers

Navy divers tend to have large lungs and low expiratory flow rates in the terminal portion of a spirogram. We examined Finnish Navy divers for the presence of air trapping, airway obstruction, and functional airway compression, and their association with lung volumes. Divers (n = 57) and non‐diving...

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Autores principales: Wuorimaa, Tomi, Haukka, Jari, Tikkinen, Janne, Parkkola, Kai, Piirilä, Päivi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35212176
http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15153