The impact of different spirometric definitions on the prevalence of airway obstruction and their association with respiratory symptoms

The fixed ratio criterion of forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity <0.70 for diagnosing airway obstruction may overdiagnose the condition, particularly in the elderly, so the lower limit of normal (LLN) is recommended as the most appropriate criterion. Our aim was to compare LLN v...

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Autores principales: Meteran, Howraman, Miller, Martin R., Thomsen, Simon Francis, Christensen, Kaare, Sigsgaard, Torben, Backer, Vibeke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29250530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00110-2017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29250530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00110-2017

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