The relationship between FEV1 and peak expiratory flow in patients with airways obstruction is poor

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1454-1461

  Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Jindal, Surinder K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agreement; Airflow limitation; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751239797     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.5.1454     Document Type: Article

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