THE LUNG VOLUME AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS IN THE UPRIGHT AND RECUMBENT POSITIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE FAILURE. PULMONARY FACTORS IN THE GENESIS OF ORTHOPNEA
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- 1 November 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Vol. 22 (6) , 805-812
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci101454
Abstract
Studies were made in 12 patients. No increase in the degree of pulmonary congestion was demonstrated in recumbency in orthopneic patients. A cephalad shift of the diaphragm occurs in recumbency; this causes changes in respiration and circulation which tend to increase dyspnea.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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