Pursed lips breathing: Are we closer to understanding who might benefit?

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-4

  Garrod, Rachel ^a   Mathieson, Tracey ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXHALATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; NOSE BREATHING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; PURSED LIP BREATHING; REHABILITATION PATIENT; TIDAL VOLUME; VITAL CAPACITY;

BREATHING EXERCISES; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873808229     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972312472689     Document Type: Editorial

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