Inspiratory Capacity
Usefulness of inspiratory capacity measurement in COPD patients in the primary care setting
... if inspiratory capacity (IC) assessment could be useful for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient management in the primary care ...vital capacity, synchronized vital capacity, ...
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Incentive spirometry inspiratory capacity changes and predictors after open heart surgery: a 5 day prospective study
... preoperative inspiratory capacity, dissonance between PreopISIC and nomogram-based PIC values suggests that the latter may not be appropriate as reference values for Malaysian ...
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<p>Triple Therapy with Budesonide/Glycopyrrolate/Formoterol Fumarate Improves Inspiratory Capacity in Patients with Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap</p>
... of data from studies of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) alone. Methods: A 12-week, randomized, open-label cross-over pilot study was conducted in 19 patients with ACO to investigate the effect of ...
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Prediction of severe exacerbations and mortality in COPD: the role of exacerbation history and inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity ratio
... The inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity (IC/TLC) ratio has been shown to be a strong predictor of all cause and respiratory mortality in patients with ...
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Role of inspiratory capacity on dyspnea evaluation in COPD with or without emphysematous lesions: a pilot study
... with patients’ symptoms in COPD, some volume parameters may better reflect the change in dyspnea symptoms after treatment. In this article, we investigated the role of inspiratory capacity (IC) on dyspnea ...
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Vital capacity and inspiratory capacity as additional parameters to evaluate bronchodilator response in asthmatic patients: a cross sectional study
... The Mann–Whitney test was used for quantitative data, and the chi-square test for qualitative parameters. The correlation between the variation in VC and IC and the variation in residual volume-to-total lung ...
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The inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity ratio as a predictor of survival in an emphysematous phenotype of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of a large pulmonary function (PF) database with 39,050 entries, from April 1978 to October 2009. Emphysematous COPD was defined as reduced FEV 1 /forced vital ...
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<p>Longitudinal change of FEV<sub>1</sub> and inspiratory capacity: clinical implication and relevance to exacerbation risk in patients with COPD</p>
... The severity of airflow obstruction, represented with FEV 1 , is regarded as the most widely acceptable index in assessing patients with COPD. However, IC is also regarded as a poten- tial index of COPD in relation to ...
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Sizing the lung of mechanically ventilated patients
... maneuver-derived inspiratory capacity (IC) and the thoracic gas volume (TGV) at relaxed end-expiration (Vrel) and that, in the supine posture, Vrel/TLC is determined in large part by the body mass index ...
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<p>Area under the forced expiratory flow-volume loop in spirometry indicates severe hyperinflation in COPD patients</p>
... Materials and methods: We used a cohort of 215 individuals with COPD. The presence of severe hyperinflation was defined as elevated air trapping (RV/TLC .60%) or reduced inspiratory fraction (inspiratory ...
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Long-acting bronchodilators improve exercise capacity in COPD patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... lower limit of normal) without the need of hyperinflation. However, a specific analysis including the studies which requested an increase of FRC as inclusion criterion was performed, with evidence of a higher efficacy of ...
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IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF INVERSE RATIO BREATHING VERSUS DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ON INSPIRATORY VITAL CAPACITY AND THORACIC EXPANSION IN ADULT HEALTHY FEMALES
... the inspiratory capacity and thoracic ex- pansion of individuals carrying out inverse ratio breathing in this study can be also attributed to these ...
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High positive end expiratory pressure: only a dam against oedema formation?
... Figure 1 Study design. Initial lung weights were measured by CT. Animals were then ventilated with high PEEP (volume of gas around 75% of IC; dotted line) and low VT (25% of IC; spikes) for 36 h (PEEP phase). Thereafter, ...
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Functional respiratory imaging: heterogeneity of acute exacerbations of COPD
... FrI, functional respiratory imaging; IC, inspiratory capacity; iraw, airway resistance measured by FrI; iVaw, airway volume measured by FrI; iVlobe, lobar volume measured by FRI; mMRC, [r] ...
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Effects of indacaterol/glycopyrronium (QVA149) on lung hyperinflation and physical activity in patients with moderate to severe COPD: a randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover study (The MOVE Study)
... This study assessed the effect of indacaterol/glycopyrronium fixed dose combination (IND/GLY) 110/50 μ g once daily (OD) versus placebo on lung hyperinflation (inspiratory capacity [IC])[r] ...
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Comparison of efficacy of long-acting bronchodilators in emphysema dominant and emphysema nondominant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... of inspiratory capacity and arterial oxygen tension (PaO 2 ) were lower and residual volume/total lung capacity was higher in emphysema ...in inspiratory capacity for the ...
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TB_chapter13.doc
... (g) functional residual capacity (h) alveolar ventilation (i) pulmonary ventilation (j) inspiratory reserve volume (k) expiratory reserve volume (l) inspiratory capacity. (m) anatomic de[r] ...
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Incentive spirometry prescription and inspiratorycapacity recovery guideline for early period after open heart surgery
... spirometry inspiratory capacity (ISIC) volumes in the first five postoperative days (PODs) after open heart surgery ...maximal inspiratory breaths in postoperative patients is incentive spirometry ...
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Assessment of Pulmonary Function by Spirometry in Antenatal Cases
... vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second during the third trimester compared to controls 21 ...vital capacity, inspiratory capacity and expiratory reserve volume 22 ...vital ...
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Lung Hyperinflation Is Associated with Pulmonary Exacerbations in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
... duced inspiratory capacity (IC) and increased residual volume (RV), resulting in exercise intolerance ...lung capacity (IC/TLC) is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with COPD ...
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