Contribution of flow-volume curves to the detection of central airway obstruction

OBJECTIVE: To assess the sensitivity and specificity of flow-volume curves in detecting central airway obstruction (CAO), and to determine whether their quantitative and qualitative criteria are associated with the location, type and degree of obstruction. METHODS: Over a four-month period, we...

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Main Authors: Liliana Barbara Perestrelo de Andrade e Raposo, Antonio Bugalho, Maria Joao Marques Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2013-06-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132013000400447&lng=en&tlng=en