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COPD sleep phenotypes: Genesis of respiratory failure in COPD.
Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace - 4 Nov 2021
Vaidya Sameer, Gothi Dipti, Patro Mahismita
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The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients could have respiratory failure during sleep without daytime overt arterial blood gas (ABG) abnormality. We undertook a study first of its kind to attempt in distinguishing the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. It was a prospective observational study in stable COPD patients. The inclusion criterion was presence of day time PaO2>60 mmHg and...
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