Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the management
of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American Thoracic Society (…

Since the last statements on pulmonary rehabilitation by the American Thoracic Society (ATS;
1999) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS; 1997), there have been numerous …

Though exercise training is part of most pulmonary rehabilitation programs, whether there is
a physiologic basis for increased exercise tolerance is unclear. We sought to determine …

Background—Nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) occurs frequently in patients with
chronic heart failure (CHF), and it may be associated with sympathetic activation. The aim of …

To investigate the relationship between airflow limitation and airway inflammation in smokers,
we examined paraffin-embedded bronchial biopsies obtained from 30 smokers: 10 with …

To assess physiologic effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and positive
end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during noninvasive pressure support ventilation (PSV) in …

Rationale: It is unclear whether airway wall thickening and emphysema make independent
contributions to airflow limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and …

There have been few studies examining the relationship between NOD and mortality in patients
with COPD and none examining this relationship in those patients with a daytime PaO 2 …

To investigate the pathophysiologic mechanisms of ventilator dependence, we took physiologic
measurements in 28 patients with COPD and 11 postcardiac surgery (PCS) patients …

The main complaint of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is
shortness of breath with exercise, that is usually progressive. The principal mechanism that …