Counterpoint: should we abandon FEV₁/FVC < 0.70 to detect airway obstruction? Yes

Chest. 2010 Nov;138(5):1040-2; discussion 1042-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-2052.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • 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 / physiopathology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Vital Capacity*