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Diagnosis of airway obstruction in the elderly: contribution of the SARA study

BACKGROUND: The choice between lower limit of normal or fixed value of forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity ratio (FEV(1)/FVC) < 0.70 as the criterion for confirming airway obstruction is an open issue. In this study, we compared the criteria of lower limit of normal and f...

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Autores principales: Sorino, Claudio, Battaglia, Salvatore, Scichilone, Nicola, Pedone, Claudio, Antonelli-Incalzi, Raffaele, Sherrill, Duane, Bellia, Vincenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848152
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S31630