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Editorial
. 2010 Mar;19(115):1-3.
doi: 10.1183/09059180.00000210.

Lighter than air: heliox breathing improves exercise tolerance in COPD

P Palange
Editorial

Lighter than air: heliox breathing improves exercise tolerance in COPD

P Palange. Eur Respir Rev. 2010 Mar.
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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Lung mechanical abnormalities causing exercise intolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DH: dynamic hyperinflation; WOB: work of breathing. Refer to the text for comments.
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Comment on

  • Heliox, dyspnoea and exercise in COPD.
    Hunt T, Williams MT, Frith P, Schembri D. Hunt T, et al. Eur Respir Rev. 2010 Mar;19(115):30-8. doi: 10.1183/09059180.00006009. Eur Respir Rev. 2010. PMID: 20956163 Free PMC article.

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