Precision in diagnosing and classifying COPD: Comparison of historical height with current height and arm span to predict FEV 1

Open Respiratory Medicine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-58

  Ansari, Khalid ^a   Keaney, Niall ^b   Price, Monica ^a   Munby, Joan ^a   Kay, Andrea ^b   Taylor, Ian ^b   King, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Historical height; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARMSPAN; ARMSPAN HEIGHT RATIO; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84865129649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874306401206010054     Document Type: Article

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