• DOI:10.1378/CHEST.112.4.1000
Corpus ID: 35051754

Ventilatory support during exercise in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae.

@article{Tsuboi1997VentilatorySD,
  title={Ventilatory support during exercise in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae.},
  author={T. Tsuboi and M. Ohi and K. Chin and H. Hirata and N. Otsuka and H. Kita and K. Kuno},
  journal={Chest},
  year={1997},
  volume={112 4},
  pages={
          1000-7
        }
}

T. Tsuboi, M. Ohi, +4 authors K. Kuno

Published 1997

Medicine

Chest

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether intermittent positive pressure ventilation through a nasal mask (NIPPV) applied during exercise in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae (PTS) could improve arterial blood gas measurements, ameliorate breathlessness, and increase exercise endurance. PATIENTS Seven PTS patients with a severe restrictive ventilatory defect (mean [SD] vital capacity, 1.02 [0.25] I) enrolled in this study had experienced NIPPV previously, and… CONTINUE READING

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