Spirometry-based Diagnostic Criteria That Are Not Age-Appropriate Lack Clinical Relevance

Carlos A Vaz Fragoso^{1

2}, Helgo Magnussen³, Martin R Miller⁴, Vito Brusasco⁵

Affiliations

¹ 1 Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut.
² 2 Connecticut Healthcare System and Clinical Epidemiology Research Center West Haven, Connecticut.
³ 3 North German Center for Lung Research Grosshansdorf, Germany.
⁴ 4 University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom and.
⁵ 5 University of Genoa Genova, Italy.

Comment

Carlos A Vaz Fragoso et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 1;197(7):963-964.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201709-1789LE.

Carlos A Vaz Fragoso^{1

2}, Helgo Magnussen³, Martin R Miller⁴, Vito Brusasco⁵

¹ 1 Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut.
² 2 Connecticut Healthcare System and Clinical Epidemiology Research Center West Haven, Connecticut.
³ 3 North German Center for Lung Research Grosshansdorf, Germany.
⁴ 4 University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom and.
⁵ 5 University of Genoa Genova, Italy.

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Garcia-Rio F; all authors. Garcia-Rio F, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Apr 1;197(7):964-965. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201710-2031LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018. PMID: 29096068 No abstract available.

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