Point: should we abandon FEV₁/FVC <0.70 to detect airway obstruction? No

Chest. 2010 Nov;138(5):1037-40. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-2049.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Airway Obstruction / diagnosis*
  • Airway Obstruction / etiology
  • Airway Obstruction / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Forced Expiratory Volume*
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Survival Rate
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vital Capacity*