Physiological techniques for detecting expiratory flow limitation during tidal breathing
Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often exhale along the same flow–volume curve during quiet breathing as they do during the forced expiratory vital capacity manoeuvre, and this has been taken as an indicator of expiratory flow limitation at rest (EFLT). Therefore, EF...
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| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2011-09-01
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| Series: | European Respiratory Review |
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| Online Access: | http://err.ersjournals.com/content/20/121/147.full.pdf+html |