Clinical application of inspiratory capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a kind of severe disease with high rates morbidity and mortality.Recently, researches indicate that inspiratory capacity (IC) has an important clinical value in COPD diagnosis and evaluation of severity and treatment effects.This review focuses on the definition, clinical application status and limitations of IC in COPD, so that its routine application in COPD will be concerned by clinicians, in order to promote the development of IC in the application of COPD.