Effect of indacaterol on lung deflation improves cardiac performance in hyperinflated copd patients : an interventional, randomized, double-blind clinical trial...placebo.RESULTS: Vital capacity, inspiratory capacity, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second were significantly increased by indacaterol, when compared with placebo, while residual volume, intrathoracic gas volume, and specific airway resistance were significantly reduced in patients treated with indacaterol....
Exercise training improves recovery in patients with copd after an acute exacerbation ... Intrathoracic gas volume and residual volume decreased, and FEV1 and vital capacity increased in the training (P<0·05) but not in the control group.Our...
Epidural anesthesia and intrathoracic blood volume.peer reviewedTo investigate how epidural anesthesia changes intrathoracic gas volume, high epidural anesthesia was administered to five pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs lying supine, and the total intrathoracic volume at end-expiration ...