The effects of oral almitrine on pattern of breathing and gas exchange in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Almitrine at a low dose of 100 mg orally significantly raises PaO2 and lowers PaCO2 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, compared with placebo, when they were breathing air or 28% oxygen. The estimated ideal alveolar-arterial PO2 difference was less after almitrine compared with p...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1984
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