Pulmonary gas exchange abnormalities in mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Implications for dyspnea and exercise intolerance

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1384-1394

  Elbehairy, Amany F ^a,b   Ciavaglia, Casey E ^a   Webb, Katherine A ^a   Guenette, Jordan A ^c   Jensen, Dennis ^d   Mourad, Sahar M ^b   Neder, J Alberto ^a   O'Donnell, Denis E ^a   Canadian Respiratory Research Network, ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Exercise; Gas exchange; Mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Ventilatory inefficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TIDAL VOLUME; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 84938541389     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0157OC     Document Type: Article

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