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Severity Staging of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Differences in Pre- and Post-Bronchodilator Spirometry

PURPOSE: The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) uses the post-bronchodilator spirometry for diagnosis and severity staging. We evaluated differences in the severity classification of COPD, based on pre- and post-b...

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Autores principales: Lin, Sheng-Hsiang, Kuo, Ping-Hung, Kuo, Sow-Hsong, Yang, Pan-Chyr
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2009.50.5.672