title: [Effect of a face mask on work of breathing in patients with chronic obstructive respiratory disease].
abstract: Resistive loading associated with breathing through a face mask (surgeons' paper mask) increases work of breathing significantly after a prolonged period of wearing. The additional resistive breathing due to a face mask may be intolerable for patients with preexisting overloaded respiratory muscle pump and contribute to inspiratory muscle fatigue.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhaus Kloster Graftschaft, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Allergologie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schönhofer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenblüh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kemper
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Voshaar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Köhler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D014939:Work of Breathing / Q000502:physiology*