COPD PREVALENCE IN A RANDOM POPULATION SURVEY: A MATTER OF DEFINITION

A recent ATS and ERS joint taskforce report recommends using a lower limit of normal (LLN) of FEV(1)/FVC as opposed to a fixed ratio of <0.7 to diagnose airflow obstruction, to reduce false positive diagnoses of COPD as defined by the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). To date...

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Autori principali: Shirtcliffe, Philippa, Weatherall, Mark, Marsh, Suzanne, Travers, Justin, Hansell, Anna, McNaughton, Amanda, Aldington, Sarah, Muellerova, Hana, Beasley, Richard
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2007
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2516341/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17666557
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00157906
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