34
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2014
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2015
Spirometry
Before re-breathing (if the patient not performed one 6 months in advance).
CO Exhaled breath
In current smokers of both arms to confirm that the patient has not smoked in the past three hours and to asses the smoking status (heavy, moderate, light).
P01
P01 is the negative airway pressure generated during the first 100 ms of an occluded inspiration. It's an estimation of the neuromuscular drive to breathe.
FeNO
The measurement of fraction of exhaled nitric oxide during exacerbations of COPD is higher than normal.
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
OTHER