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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...
Autores principales: | Fortis, Spyridon, Kittah, Joseph, De Aguirre, Manuel, Plataki, Maria, Wolff, Armand, Amoateng-Adjepong, Yaw, Manthous, Constantine A |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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