Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Haussermann S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4590345 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Häussermann Sabine S Schulze Anja A Katz Ira M IM Martin Andrew R AR Herpich Christiane C Hunger Theresa T Texereau Joëlle J
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20150921
<h4>Background</h4>Helium/oxygen therapies have been studied as a means to reduce the symptoms of obstructive lung diseases with inconclusive results in clinical trials. To better understand this variability in results, an exploratory physiological study was performed comparing the effects of helium/oxygen mixture (78%/22%) to that of medical air.<h4>Methods</h4>The gas mixtures were administered to healthy, asthmatic, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) participants, both moderate ...[more]