%0 Journal Article
%T Predicted Values for Spirometry may Underestimate Long-Standing Asthma Severity
%A Bruno Sposato
%J Archive of "The Open Respiratory Medicine Journal".
%D 2016
%R 10.2174/1874306401610010070
%X Asthma may show an accelerated lung function decline. Asthmatics, although having FEV1 and FEV1/VC (and z-scores) higher than the lower limit of normality, may show a significant FEV1 decline when compared to previous measurements. We assessed how many asymptomatic long-standing asthmatics (LSA) with normal lung function showed a significant FEV1 decline when an older FEV1 was taken as reference point
%K Asthma
%K Lung function
%K Reference values
%K Spirometry
%K FEV1 decline
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220173/