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Severity grading of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the confounding effect of phenotype and thoracic gas compression.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Apr 2015
Pellegrino Riccardo, Crimi Emanuele, Gobbi Alessandro, Torchio Roberto, Antonelli Andrea, Gulotta Carlo, Baroffio Michele, Papa Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza, Dellacà Raffaele, Brusasco Vito
Abstract excerpt
Current guidelines recommend severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease be graded by using forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). But this measurement is biased by thoracic gas compression depending on lung volume and airflow resistance. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the effect of thoracic gas compression on FEV1 is greater in emphysema than chronic bronchitis because of larger...
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