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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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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 |