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Changes in interpretation of spirometry by implementing the GLI 2012 reference equations: impact on patients tested in a hospital-based PFT lab in a large metropolitan city

BACKGROUND: The Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI-2012) focused on race/ethnicity as an important factor in determining reference values. This study evaluated the effects of changing from Canadian reference equations developed from an all-Caucasian cohort with European ancestry to the GLI-2012 on...

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Autores principales: Kitazawa, Haruna, Jiang, Annie, Nohra, Cynthia, Ota, Honami, Wu, Joyce K Y, Ryan, Clodagh M, Chow, Chung-Wai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9743406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36600407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2022-001389