Subjects with Discordant Airways Obstruction: Lost between Spirometric Definitions of COPD

Background. Since the FEV1/FVC ratio declines with age, using the fixed ratio of 0.70 leads to overdiagnosis of COPD in older populations and underdiagnosis among young adults. Objective. To evaluate whether discordant obstructive cases (FEV1/FVC < 0.70 but ≥LLN) are a healthy population or have...

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Autores principales: Lamprecht, Bernd, Schirnhofer, Lea, Kaiser, Bernhard, Buist, Sonia A., Mannino, David M., Studnicka, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21637369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/780215

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21637369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/780215

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