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- Title
Spirometry: How Should We Order This Bedrock of Diagnosis and Management for Asthma and COPD?
- Authors
M. Dwyer, Terry; E. Abraham Iii, George
- Abstract
The article discusses a study within the issue that tackles the question of whether a bronchodilator is indicated in a subject with a normal spirometry. Spirometry is employed in the diagnosis of asthma and to measure the acutely reversible component in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is suggested that no further pulmonary function testing need be done when spirometry is normal for the patient who presents with a presumptive diagnosis of COPD.
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2012, Vol 57, Issue 10, p1692
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.4187/respcare.02105