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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |