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Current best practice in pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease - 1 Aug 2012
de Blasio Francesco, Polverino Mario
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic condition that negatively affects several patient-centered outcomes. Among these, exercise capacity, dyspnea, and quality of life are the most relevant. In this article, factors contributing to exercise limitation, increase in exercise-induced dyspnea, quality of life deterioration, and other pathophysiological aspects in patients with COPD are analyzed in...
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