Frequency of Hoover's sign in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 514-517

  Garcia Pachon, Eduardo ^a   Padilla Navas, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

COPD; Diaphragm; Physical examination; Rib cage; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; METHYLXANTHINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RIBS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646249950     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2006.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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