BACKGROUND: Oxygen desaturation during walking can have important consequence on
prognosis of COPD patients. However, a standard 6-min walk test (6MWT), useful in …

Objectives. To evaluate the clinical efficacy and feasibility of an expiratory muscle training (EMT)
device (Respilift) applied to patients recovering from recent open cardiothoracic surgery …

Background Several clinical studies suggest common underlying pathogenetic mechanisms
of COPD and depressive/anxiety disorders. We aim to evaluate psychopathological and …

Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous systemic
syndrome that often coexists with multiple comorbidities. In highly complex COPD patients, …

Seppure sia stato stimato che il 2, 83% della popolazione italiana è affetto da BPCO, la
patologia è poco conosciuta e, nei primi stadi, viene spesso trascurata dal paziente fino ad …

11 Tabaccologia 1-2018 Commentary ipotizzare che almeno una parte della riduzione della
prevalenza del fumo osservata negli ultimi 20 anni sia probabilmente dovuta alla ridotta …

Background. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous systemic
syn-drome that often coexists with multiple comorbidities. In high-complex COPD patients …

We read with great interest the original work by Murphy et al analyzing the effects of two
treatment strategies for delivery of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in hypercapnic patients …

A retrospective study has recently shown that exercise tolerance and symptoms gain a
significant benefit following rehabilitation in COPD patients with lung hyperinflation when …

Objectives. To evaluate the clinical efficacy and feasibility of an expiratory muscle training (EMT)
device (Respilift) applied to patients recovering from recent open cardiothoracic surgery …