Detection of upper airway obstruction with spirometry results and the flow-volume loop: A comparison of quantitative and visual inspection criteria

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-479

  Modrykamien, Ariel M ^a   Gudavalli, Ravindra ^a   McCarthy, Kevin ^a   Liu, Xiaobo ^a   Stoller, James K ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow volume curve; Pulmonary function test; Spirometry; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FLOW VOLUME LOOP; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SARCOIDOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; ROC CURVE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 66849138231     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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