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  • Title: [Diaphragmatic fatigue and its role in the development of respiratory insufficiency and cor pulmonale in COPD].
    Author: Chen RC.
    Journal: Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi; 1989 Jun; 12(3):158-60, 192. PubMed ID: 2805147.
    Abstract:
    Diaphragmatic function test was performed at rest and during maximal incremental exercise in six male normal non-smokers (Group A), sixteen male patients with COPD (58 +/- 8 yrs), including 4 with only small airway disorder (B) 6 with mild (C) and 6 with moderate airway obstruction (D) and eight patients with cor pulmonale complicated severe airway obstruction and chronic respiratory failure (E). Maximal transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi max) at rest in Group A, B, C, D, E were 13.6 +/- 2.9 kPa, 10.8 +/- 3.1 kPa, 9.9 +/- 3.4 kPa, 6.8 +/- 3.3 kPa and 5.3 +/- 2.5 kPa respectively, the latter two (D and E) being significantly lower than that of the normal control (D, P less than 0.05, E, P less than 0.01). Breathing pattern of the diaphragm at rest was similar to the normal control in all groups except that half of the patients in Group E (4/8) showed diaphragmatic paradoxical motion during inspiration. Ergometer test with incremental workload was performed in all groups except for Group E. During exercise, patients with COPD revealed some extent of diaphragmatic fatigue. All in group D(6/6) and most in group C(4/6) eventually developed inspiratory paradoxical motion of diaphragm before the ventilatory reserve was exhausted.
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