Assessment of Ventilatory Heterogeneity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using the Inspired Sinewave Test.

Richard M BrucePhi Anh PhanMarzia RigolliMinh Cong TranEdmund PacpacoNajib M RahmanAndrew D Farmery

Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2021)

The IST indices of VH were superior and independent predictors of symptom severity vs FEV1%pred and has potential as a non-invasive and simple-to-perform method to stratify patients into subgroups related to clinically relevant features of COPD.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
prognostic factors
patient reported
single cell
patient reported outcomes
risk assessment
air pollution