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Drop in lung function during asthma and COPD exacerbations – can it be assessed without spirometry?
BACKGROUND: When assessing patients with exacerbation of asthma or COPD, it may be useful to know the drop in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) compared with stable state, in particular when considering treatment with oral corticosteroids. The objective of the study was to identify indic...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994453 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S123315 |