Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.TitleWill Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat?AuthorsPetty, Thomas L.; Mannino, David M.; Calonge, Ned; Petitti, Diana B.; Lin, KennethAbstractA letter to the editor is presented about the recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on not using spirometry to screen for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.SubjectsLETTERS to the editor; SPIROMETRYPublicationAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2008, Vol 149, Issue 7, p512ISSN0003-4819Publication typeLetterDOI10.7326/0003-4819-149-7-200810070-00015