Louvaris Z, Vogiatzis I. Contrasting the physiological effects of heliox and oxygen during exercise in a patient with advanced COPD.
Breathe (Sheff) 2019;
15:250-257. [PMID:
31508165 PMCID:
PMC6717618 DOI:
10.1183/20734735.0197-2019]
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Abstract
In COPD patients the ergogenic effect of heliox or oxygen breathing might be related both to improvements in ventilatory parameters (that lessen dyspnoea) and to enhanced oxygen delivery to respiratory and locomotor muscles http://bit.ly/2JlJBTc.
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