Assessing physiological benefit from domiciliary nebulized bronchodilators in severe airflow limitation

JF Morrison, PC Jones… - European Respiratory …, 1992 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… long-term physiological benefit in such patients, definite evidence … methods of measuring
physiological benefit are appropriate … or any other physiological benefit could be detected and …

Bronchodilators in chronic air-flow limitation: effects on airway function, exercise capacity, and quality of life

GH Guyatt, M Townsend, SO Pugsley… - American Review of …, 1987 - atsjournals.org
… of benefit to patients with asthma, their effect on patients with chronic air-flow limitation who
… The other randomized trial showed improvement in physiologic and functional outcomes …

Flow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation: key concepts in modern respiratory physiology

PMA Calverley, NG Koulouris - European Respiratory Journal, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
airflow obstruction. It should be noted that some experts use the term chronic airflow limitation
as a … Thus, in obstructive lung disease, the benefit of bronchodilator therapy should be …

Breathlessness in patients with chronic airflow limitation: mechanisms and management

DE O'Donnell - Chest, 1994 - journal.chestnet.org
… Not surprisingly, heightened ventilatory slopes in the SB group were associated with
significantly higher fixed physiologic dead space (vd/vt) and greater gas exchange abnormalities, …

Respiratory Muscle Training in Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Meta-Analysis1-3

K Smith, D Cook, GH Guyatt, J Madhavan… - Am Rev Respir …, 1992 - atsjournals.org
… Therefore, to clarify the issue of whether respiratory muscle training is of benefit to patients
with chronic airflow limitation, we conducted a systematic quantitative overview of the ran…

Psychological changes and improvement in chronic airflow limitation after corticosteroid treatment.

DM Mitchell, P Gildeh, M Rehahn, AH Dimond… - Thorax, 1984 - thorax.bmj.com
… as some patients did improve physiologically. Our study has … A considerable placebo
benefit was seen both in objective … do not produce benefit in chronic airflow limitation by a non-…

Volume reduction surgery in patients with chronic airflow limitation: a physiological rationale

DE O'Donnell - Seminars in respiratory and critical care …, 1996 - thieme-connect.com
… In this review, I will seek a physiological rationale for the ostensible benefits of volume
reduction surgery, reduced exertional breathlessness, and improved exercise endurance. I will …

Frequency of flow limitation using airflow shape

DL Mann, T Georgeson, SA Landry, BA Edwards… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… The current study developed a library of physiologically informed, visually interpreted airflow
shape data from which we present an automated objective means to calculate certainty and …

Importance of airflow for physiologic and ergogenic effects of precooling

SA Morrison, S Cheung… - Journal of athletic …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
… The extent of performance improvement with airflow is similar to previously reported …
adding airflow to precooling would limit the physiologic and exercise capacity benefits of …

The impact of exercise reconditioning on breathlessness in severe chronic airflow limitation.

DE O'Donnell, M McGuire, L Samis… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
… in patients with chronic airflow limitation (CAL) (1-5). It is remarkable that this benefit is almost
… Third, we sought a physiologic rationale for improved symptoms in the hope of gaining …