Perseverant, non-indicated treatment of obese patients for obstructive lung disease

BACKGROUND: Bronchodilators are a mainstay of treatment for patients with airflow obstruction. We hypothesized that patients with obesity and no objective documentation of airflow obstruction are inappropriately treated with bronchodilators. METHODS: Spirometric results and medical records of all pa...

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Autores principales: Fortis, Spyridon, Kittah, Joseph, De Aguirre, Manuel, Plataki, Maria, Wolff, Armand, Amoateng-Adjepong, Yaw, Manthous, Constantine A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24266961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-68

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24266961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-68

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