Asthma Symptoms Do not Predict Spirometry

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dc.contributor.authorCowie, Robert L
dc.contributor.authorUnderwood, Margot F
dc.contributor.authorField, Stephen K
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T12:14:13Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T12:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2007-01-01
dc.date.updated2018-09-27T12:14:13Z
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Asthma is a disease characterized by variable airflow obstruction, but the measurement of airflow is often omitted in the process of diagnosis and management of the disease.OBJECTIVES: Features of asthma severity and control were examined to determine the extent to which objective measurements, including forced expiratory volume in 1 s and forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity, correlated with other manifestations of the disease.METHODS: Subjects were a consecutive sample of patients with asthma attending a university-based asthma clinic. All subjects underwent routine assessment using a standard questionnaire and spirometry.RESULTS: A total of 500 subjects were included in the present study, and their assessment showed that neither symptoms nor history could predict or be predicted by their measurements of lung function.CONCLUSION: Routine measurement of lung function should be performed on subjects with asthma if normal or near-normal lung function is a desired component of asthma control.
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dc.identifier.citationRobert L Cowie, Margot F Underwood, and Stephen K Field, “Asthma Symptoms Do not Predict Spirometry,” Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 339-342, 2007. doi:10.1155/2007/816132
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2007/816132
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/108528
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/44600
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dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2007 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.titleAsthma Symptoms Do not Predict Spirometry
dc.typeJournal Article
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