Volume 104, Issue 12, Pages 1896-1902 (December 2010) Global muscle dysfunction as a risk factor of readmission to hospital due to COPD exacerbations Jordi Vilaró, Alba Ramirez-Sarmiento, Juana Ma Martínez-Llorens, Teresa Mendoza, Miguel Alvarez, Natalia Sánchez-Cayado, Ángeles Vega, Elena Gimeno, Carlos Coronell, Joaquim Gea, Josep Roca, Mauricio Orozco-Levi Respiratory Medicine Volume 104, Issue 12, Pages 1896-1902 (December 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.05.001 Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The graph represents the proportion of patients suffering muscle dysfunction determined by a decrease under 70% of the predicted values. The prevalence of respiratory muscle dysfunction is higher in exacerbated patients but for peripheral muscles, the prevalence is more notorious in hospital multiple admitted patients. Respiratory Medicine 2010 104, 1896-1902DOI: (10.1016/j.rmed.2010.05.001) Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions