Use of forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second quality criteria for determining a valid test

The 2005 American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) spirometry guidelines define valid tests as having three acceptable blows and a repeatable forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). The aim of this study was to determine how reviewer and compu...

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Main Authors: Hankinson, John L., Eschenbacher, Bill, Townsend, Mary, Stocks, Janet, Quanjer, Philip H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4416111/