Objective: To investigate the validity of spirometric tests performed in general practice.
Method: A repeated within subject comparison of spirometric tests with a “gold standard” (…

Supplemental oxygen has acute beneficial effects on exercise performance in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study was to investigate …

The effects of hypercapnia and hypocapnia on respiratory resistance were studied in 15
healthy subjects and 30 asthmatic subjects. Respiratory resistance (impedance) was measured …

Between 1972 and 1987, 192 patients have been operated upon for pectusexcavatum of
which 152 patients were included in the study (79%). Mean ageat operation was 15.3 +/- 5.5 …

Spirometry and maximal respiratory pressures are pulmonary function parameters commonly
used to evaluate respiratory function. Prediction values are available for conventional lung …

… Cahill JL, Lees GM, Robertson HT. A summary of preoperative and postoperative
cardiorespiratory performance in patients undergoing pectus excavatum and carinatum repair. J …

BACKGROUND--Inspiratory muscle strength in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) can be affected by mechanical factors which influence the length of the …

In this randomized controlled economic evaluation we compared guided asthma self-management
with usual asthma care according to guidelines for Dutch family physicians. Nineteen …

Nocturnal desaturations during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, caused by nonobstructive
hypoventilation, occur frequently in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…

Detection of nocturnal hypoxaemia, defined as a mean arterial oxygen saturation below 90%,
in normoxic or mildly hypoxic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients …