Precision in Diagnosing and Classifying COPD: Comparison of Historical Height with Current Height and Arm Span to Predict FEV(1)

BACKGROUND: Measured reductions in lung function, as a result of COPD, use a measured current value and make comparisons to a determined ‘normal’ value arrived at using a regression equation based upon a patients height. Osteoporosis is a recognised co-morbidity in patients with chronic obstructive...

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Autores principales: Ansari, Khalid, Keaney, Niall, Price, Monica, Munby, Joan, Kay, Andrea, Taylor, Ian, King, Kathryn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22896775
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874306401206010054

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22896775
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874306401206010054

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