Difficulty breathing leads directly to a lifethreatening condition, representing a serious issue in clinical practice. Respiratory failure is defined as a functional disorder of the respiratory system showing an arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) of 60 Torr or less in the absence of oxygen administration. Physical findings of respiratory failure include tachypnea, tachycardia, engorgement and edema...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of lung disorders that affect air movement from and out the lung, this can lead to hypoxemia hypercapnia due occurrence respiratory muscle weakness obstruction. As result, it will increase airflow resistance, pulmonary hyperinflation also ventilation perfusion imbalances . One non-pharmacological treatments be given COPD patients i...

BACKGROUND In patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pursed-lips breathing (PLB) improves the pulmonary gas exchange and hyperinflation measured by electro-optic coupling. The response to PLB in inspiratory lung function tests is not known. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of PLB on inspiratory parameters. METHODS Thirty-five subject...

Abstract As governments sought to manage the coronavirus pandemic, many pursed temporary increases in centralized authority, a general tactic of crisis management. However, some countries, public health was not only motive for centralization. The COVID-19 response coincided with broader worldwide trends toward autocratization. Some these efforts happened while world preoccupied responding pande...