Mechanical correlates of dyspnea in bronchial asthma

We hypothesized that dyspnea and its descriptors, that is, chest tightness, inspiratory effort, unrewarded inspiration, and expiratory difficulty in asthma reflect different mechanisms of airflow obstruction and their perception varies with the severity of bronchoconstriction. Eighty‐three asthmatic...

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Main Authors: Antonelli, Andrea, Crimi, Emanuele, Gobbi, Alessandro, Torchio, Roberto, Gulotta, Carlo, Dellaca, Raffaele, Scano, Giorgio, Brusasco, Vito, Pellegrino, Riccardo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970739/