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Pharmacological Reversibility of Flow Limitation in COPD and Asthmatic Patients

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Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine - A.P.I.C.E.

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Abstract

Flow limitation (FL) describes a condition characterized by the inability to increase tidal expiratory flow under the prevailing conditions (Fig. 1). In all instances, FL represents the functional consequence of the complex interaction of three factors, namely bronchial caliber, breathing pattern and end-expiratory lung volume (EELV). Hence, any cause which decreases lung elastic recoil and/or increases airway resistance, enhances mean expiratory flow and reduces functional residual capacity (FRC) predisposes to FL.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Trieste University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

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Tantucci, C. (1998). Pharmacological Reversibility of Flow Limitation in COPD and Asthmatic Patients. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine - A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2278-2_7

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