The impact of noninvasive ventilation during the physical training in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) O impacto da ventilação não-invasiva no treinamento físico em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica moderada a grave
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of physical training with or without noninvasive ventilation at 2 levels of pressure in the airways (BiPAP®) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHODS: Eighteen patients with FEV1 = 34 ± 8% of predicted values, mean age of 68 ± 9 years were...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Faculdade de Medicina / USP
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Clinics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322007000200004 |