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- Title
Help Me, I Need Air: Patient Satisfaction after Endobronchial Valve Placement for Emphysema.
- Authors
Jantz, Michael A.
- Abstract
An editorial is presented on Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) defining as a disease state characterized by airflow limitation. Topics include airway obstruction with expiratory flow limitation, static and dynamic hyperinflation, and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure; dynamic hyperinflation playing a central role in patients with severe emphysema with a poor quality of life; and improving breathlessness and exercise capacity in patients with severe emphysema.
- Subjects
OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; RESPIRATORY obstructions; PULMONARY emphysema; QUALITY of life; DYSPNEA
- Publication
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2021, Vol 18, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
2329-6933
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1513/AnnalsATS.202010-1279ED