Poor interpretation of pulmonary function tests in patients with concomitant decreases in FEV1 and FVC

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Hong, Yoonki ^a   Ra, Seung W ^a   Shim, Tae S ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a   Lee, Sang D ^a   Kim, Woo S ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Kim, Won D ^a   Oh, Yeon Mok ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; FEV1; FVC; Pulmonary function test; TLC

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 44249119887     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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