title: Chronic alveolar hypoventilation helps to maintain the inspiratory muscle effort of COPD patients within sustainable limits.
authors.affiliation: Complexe hospitalier de la Sagamie, Quebec, PQ, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bégin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grassino
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*