Ultrasonographic Assessment of the Diaphragm in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Relationships with Pulmonary Function and the Influence of Body Composition - A Pilot Study - Concepedia

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Ultrasonographic Assessment of the Diaphragm in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Relationships with Pulmonary Function and the Influence of Body Composition - A Pilot Study

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2014

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Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Linda Tagliaboschi, Alessandro Di Marco Berardino, Salvatore Valente, Giuseppe Maria Corbo

Abstract

Ultrasonographic assessment of the diaphragm could be a useful tool for studying disease progression in COPD patients, in terms of lung hyperinflation and the loss of FFM. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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