Why do we still cling to spirometry for assessing small airway function?

Frederik Trinkmann^{1

2}, Henrik Watz³, Felix J F Herth⁴

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¹ Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany frederik.trinkmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
² Dept of Biomedical Informatics of the Heinrich-Lanz-Center, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
⁴ Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 32616553
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01071-2020

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Why do we still cling to spirometry for assessing small airway function?

Frederik Trinkmann et al. Eur Respir J. 2020.

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. 2020 Jul 2;56(1):2001071.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.01071-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

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Frederik Trinkmann^{1

2}, Henrik Watz³, Felix J F Herth⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany frederik.trinkmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
² Dept of Biomedical Informatics of the Heinrich-Lanz-Center, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
⁴ Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 32616553
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01071-2020

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: F. Trinkmann reports personal fees from Actelion, Berlin Chemie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Novartis, Mundipharma, TEVA, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline and Roche, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: H. Watz has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F.J.F. Herth has nothing to disclose.

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