Meeting
Abstract Number: 128
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have suboptimal peak inspiratory flow rate (sPIFR) because of lung hyperinflation, hypoxemia, and muscle wasting, preventing effective use of dry powder inhalers commonly used to treat COPD. sPIFR and airflow limitation interaction may be responsible for excess symptoms in patients with COPD. Here we characterize baseline […]