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Can a normal peak expiratory flow exclude severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is underdiagnosed. One barrier to diagnosis is the limited availability of spirometry testing, but in adults at risk for COPD, a normal pre-bronchodilator (pre-BD) peak expiratory flow (PEF) may rule out clinically significant COPD. OBJECTIVE:...

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Autori principali: Perez-Padilla, R., Vollmer, W. M., Vázquez-García, J. C., Enright, P. L., Menezes, A. M. B., Buist, A. S.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3334276/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19275802
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