The use of microspirometry in detecting lowered FEV1 values in current or former cigarette smokers

Autor: Paula Rytilä, Timo Helin, Vuokko L. Kinnula
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Spirometry
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
medicine.medical_treatment
Sputum Production
Pilot Projects
Smoking history
03 medical and health sciences
Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive
0302 clinical medicine
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Forced Expiratory Volume
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
030212 general & internal medicine
Finland
Aged
Original Research
Aged
80 and over
COPD
medicine.diagnostic_test
Primary Health Care
business.industry
Smoking
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Reproducibility of Results
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
3. Good health
respiratory tract diseases
Chronic cough
Cross-Sectional Studies
030228 respiratory system
Predictive value of tests
Physical therapy
Smoking cessation
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Zdroj: Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group. 17(4)
ISSN: 1471-4418
Popis: AIMS: COPD is an underdiagnosed disease. This study was undertaken to assess the value of microspirometry in detecting reduced FEV(1) values in cigarette smokers i.e. subjects at high risk for COPD. METHODS: A total of 611 smokers or ex-smokers with a smoking history >20 years and no previously-diagnosed lung disease were recruited (389 male, age 27-83 years, mean age 56 years, mean smoking history 35 pack years, 19% ex-smokers). RESULTS: An FEV(1) < 80% predicted on microspirometry was found in 44.6% of cases. The mean FEV(1) was 2.8 litres (80.6% predicted, range 26-121%). This correlated well with values obtained from full spirometry (R=0.965, p
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