Quality assurance of spirometry in a population-based study-predictors of good outcome in spirometry testing

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-151

  Tan, Wan C ^a   Bourbeau, Jean ^b   O'donnell, Denis ^c   Aaron, Shawn ^d   Maltais, Francois ^e   Marciniuk, Darcy ^f   Hernandez, Paul ^g   Cowie, Robert ^h   Chapman, Kenneth ⁱ   Sonia Buist, A ^j   Sin, Don ^a   Mark Fitzgerald, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^j OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Community; Epidemiology; Lung function testing; Primary care; Technologist experience

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACK EXTRAPOLATED VOLUME; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; END OF TEST VOLUME; FORCED EXPIRATORY TIME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX; SPIROGRAPHY; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; TIME TO PEAK FLOW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84897040598     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2013.822857     Document Type: Article

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