Objective Synthesise evidence about the impact of family medicine/general practice (FM)
clerkships on undergraduate medical students, teaching general/family practitioners (FPs) and/…

Background Frailty prevalence differs across countries depending on the models used to
assess it that are based on various conceptual and operational definitions. This study aims to …

The cut-off for forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 )/forced vital capacity (FVC) defining
airflow limitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still contested. We …

Background Spirometry-based parameters of pulmonary function such as forced expiratory
volume in 1 second (FEV 1 ) have prognostic value beyond respiratory morbidity and mortality…

Background: Spirometry is an important test for the diagnosis of respiratory diseases, yet it
is underused especially in older adults. Several predictors of good-quality spirometry in this …

Albania is a small south-eastern European country still recovering from almost half a century
of a fierce communist regime. While major reform and support have focused on healthcare …

Methods In a Belgian population-based, prospective cohort of 501 very old adults, survival,
Cox and logistic regression multivariable analysis assessed the association of FEV1 …

Background: Medical education has gone through huge developments in the past several
decades both in USA and Europe. It is time that these developments are reflected and …

Introduction: FEV1.Ht -3 is one of the new ways of expressing FEV1 that have been found to
be superior to the common expression as percentage of predicted "normal values" (FEV1%) …

… Eralda Turkeshi & Ditila Doracaj Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Univers ity
of Medicine, Tirana, Albania … Contact info: c/o Fakulteti i Mjekesise, Rr Dibres Nr.371 …