Comparison of the lower confidence limit to the fixed-percentage method for assessing airway obstruction in routine clinical practice

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1778-1784

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

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

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; India; Obstructive lung diseases; Predictive value of tests; Reference standards; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXED PERCENTAGE METHOD; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER LIMIT OF NORMAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 82455167129     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01160     Document Type: Review

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