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    Mechanical determinants of early acute ventilatory failure in COPD patients: a physiologic study

    The purpose of this study is to investigate the respiratory mechanics, breathing pattern, and pressure-generating capacity of respiratory muscles during the early phases of an acute exacerbation of COPD.

    Andrea Purro, Lorenzo Appendini, Carolina Polillo in Intensive Care Medicine (2009)