Discriminative Accuracy of FEV1: FVC Thresholds for COPD-Related Hospitalization and Mortality

Bhatt, SP; Balte, PP; Schwartz, JE; Cassano, PA; Couper, D; Jacobs, DR; Kalhan, R; O'Connor, GT; Yende, S; Sanders, JL; Umans, JG; Dransfield, MT; Chaves, PH; White, WB; Oelsner, EC

Bhatt, SP (reprint author), Univ Alabama Birmingham, Div Pulm Allergy & Crit Care Med, THT 422,1720 Second Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA.; Oelsner, EC (reprint author), Columbia Univ, Med Ctr, Div Gen Med, 630 W 168th St,Presbyterian Hosp Ninth Floor, N

JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2019; 321 (24): 2438

Abstract

IMPORTANCE According to numerous current guidelines, the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires a ratio of the forced expi......

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