Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9385785 Respiratory Medicine 2005 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Conclusions: In clinical practice, faced with an elderly dyspneic patient unable to perform maximal expiratory manoeuvres, the evaluation of flow limitation by NEP technique seems nor to be reliable to predict an obstructive functional impairment nor to be able to explain the origin of his dyspnea.
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Does negative expiratory pressure (NEP) during spontaneous breathing predict respiratory impairment in elderly?
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