Ultrasonographic Assessment of the Diaphragm in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Relationships with Pulmonary Function and the Influence of Body Composition - A Pilot Study
Respiration2014Vol. 87(5), pp. 364–371
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Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Linda Tagliaboschi, Alessandro Di Marco Berardino, Salvatore Valente, Giuseppe Maria Corbo
Abstract
Ultrasonographic assessment of the diaphragm could be a useful tool for studying disease progression in COPD patients, in terms of lung hyperinflation and the loss of FFM. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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