Nutritional depletion and its relationship to respiratory impairment in patients with chronic respiratory failure due to COPD or restrictive thoracic diseases.

Budweiser, S

Nutritional depletion and its relationship to respiratory impairment in patients with chronic respiratory failure due to COPD or restrictive thoracic diseases. [electronic resource] - European journal of clinical nutrition Mar 2008 - 436-43 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0954-3007

10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602708 doi


Blood Gas Analysis
Body Mass Index
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electric Impedance
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Male
Malnutrition--complications
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal--physiology
Nutritional Status
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive--complications
Respiratory Function Tests
Respiratory Insufficiency--complications
Thoracic Diseases--complications
Vital Capacity