Effect of high-flow nasal therapy during exercise training in COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Effect of high-flow nasal therapy during exercise training in COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background The benefit of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is well known. However, advanced patients with chronic respiratory failure (CRF), a category excluded from most studies, are frequently unable to sustain a work-load sufficien...

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Main Authors: Michele Vitacca, Irene Pietta, Marta Lazzeri, Mara Paneroni, on behalf of Associazione Italiana Riabilitatori Insufficienza Respiratoria (ARIR) and Associazione Italiana Pneumologi Ospedalieri (AIPO) rehabilitation group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Rehabilitation
Exercise tolerance
Oxygen
Outcome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3440-2

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