Clinical validation of the lower limit of normal in lung diffusing capacity: Is the lower 5th percentile really the best cut-off value?

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-356

  Ra, Seung Won ^a   Hong, Sang Bum ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Kim, Won Dong ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^b   Oh, Yeon Mok ^a  

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

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical validation; Confidence intervals; Diffusing capacity; Interstitial lung disease; Lower limit of normal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 67651102635     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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