…with COPD is thought to be due to the disrupted coordination of the exhale-swallow-exhale respiratory cycle during swallowing, cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction, and changes in lung volume (Gross 2009, Zheng 2016)….
…frequently normal due to opposing effects of hyperinflation from emphysema and restriction from fibrosis. Gas transfer, however, is usually severely impaired due to the additive effect of dual pathology (Jankowich…
…effectiveness of screening asymptomatic adults found no new studies over the subsequent period January 1, 2015, to March 25, 2022 (Webber 2022) [evidence level I]. Simple lung function tools can…
…due to factors such as the energy costs of breathing, the metabolic costs of respiratory tract infections increased nutrient-induced thermogenesis and catabolic effects of systemic inflammation (Sridhar 2006, Akner 2016)….
…could thus be due to enhancement of the underpinning clinical service rather than to the telemonitoring communication. Pinnock et al separated the effects of telemonitoring from the effects of existing…