Misidentification of airflow obstruction: prevalence and clinical significance in an epidemiological study

BACKGROUND: The fixed threshold criterion for the ratio of forced expiratory volume in the first second to forced vital capacity (FEV(1)/FVC) <0.7 is widely applied for diagnosis of airflow obstruction (AO). However, this fixed threshold criterion may misidentify AO, because thresholds below the...

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Autores principales: Pothirat, Chaicharn, Chaiwong, Warawut, Phetsuk, Nittaya, Liwsrisakun, Chalerm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792821
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S80765

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792821
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S80765

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