Can resistive breathing injure the lung? Implications for COPD exacerbations

Can resistive breathing injure the lung? Implications for COPD exacerbations

Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Dimitrios Toumpanakis Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Abstract: In obstructive lung diseases, airway inflammation leads to bronchospasm and thus resistive breathing, especially during exacerbati...

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Main Authors: Vassilakopoulos T, Toumpanakis D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of COPD
Subjects:
COPD
asthma
respiratory failure
inflammation
Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/can-resistive-breathing-injure-the-lung-implications-for-copd-exacerba-peer-reviewed-article-COPD

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