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- Title
Lung and chest wall mechanics in ventilated patients with end stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Authors
Nava, S; Rubini, F
- Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an inflammatory disease which leads to chronic ventilatory insufficiency and is characterised by a reduction in pulmonary static and dynamic volumes. It has been suggested that lung elastance may also be abnormally increased, particularly in end stage disease, but this has not been systematically tested. The aim of this study was to assess the respiratory mechanics during mechanical ventilation in patients affected by end stage disease.
- Publication
Thorax, 1999, Vol 54, Issue 5, p390
- ISSN
0040-6376
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/thx.54.5.390