Association between annual change in FEV1 and comorbidities or impulse oscillometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. The decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) is considered to be one of the most important outcome measures for evaluating disease progression....

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Sugawara, Atsushi Saito, Saori Yokoyama, Kazunori Tsunematsu, Hirofumi Chiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01980-6