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Use of office spirometers in Flemish general practice: results of a telephone survey

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Background. While office spirometry is seen as potentially useful and feasible in general practice, little is known about its use in Flemish general practice.
N. Boffin, V. Van der Stighelen, D. Paulus, P. Van Royen   +3 more
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Association of COPD with adverse outcomes in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 799-808, April 2025.
Abstract We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to detect the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the prognosis of heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We systematically screened eligible literature from three electronic databases, PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library, up to April 2023.
Shuo Xu, Zhenbang Gu, Wengen Zhu, Shenghui Feng   +3 more
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Impact of a Pharmacist-Provided Spirometry Service on Access to Results in a Primary Care Setting

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2018
Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to determine the effect of a pharmacist-provided spirometry service within a federally qualified health center on the percentage of spirometry referrals completed with results reviewed by the ordering ...
Lisa A. Mueller, Alexa Sevin Valentino, Aaron D. Clark, Junan Li   +3 more
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Multivariate linear regression to predict association of non‐invasive arterial stiffness with cardiovascular events

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1141-1150, April 2025.
Abstract Background Arterial stiffness is a crucial factor in determining an increase in systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure and can also predict the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between arterial stiffness and future CVD.
Susan Darroudi, Mostafa Eslamiyeh, Amin Mansoori, Eisa Nazar, Maryam Alinezhad‐Namaghi, Reza Rezvani, Majid Ghayour‐Mobarhan, Habibollah Esmaily, Mohsen Moohebati, Gordon A. Ferns, Mark Ghamsary   +10 more
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Pharmacist-Driven Spirometry Screening to Target High-Risk Patients in a Primary Care Setting

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2019
Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of proactive pharmacist identification of high-risk patients eligible for diagnostic spirometry testing on the percentage of appropriate spirometry referrals ordered and the ...
Jangus B. Whitner, Lisa A. Mueller, Alexa Sevin Valentino   +2 more
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Spirometry: basic concepts

Revista Alergia México, 2019
Spirometry is a pulmonary function test that allows screening, diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory diseases. This is a simple, non-invasive test that is easy to perform. By quantifying the respiratory volumes and flows, such as forced vital capacity (
Daniela Rivero-Yeverino
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Spirometry reference equations for central European populations from school age to old age. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundSpirometry reference values are important for the interpretation of spirometry results. Reference values should be updated regularly, derived from a population as similar to the population for which they are to be used and span across all ages.
Mascha K Rochat, Ruediger P Laubender, Daniela Kuster, Otto Braendli, Alexander Moeller, Ulrich Mansmann, Erika von Mutius, Johannes Wildhaber   +7 more
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Standardisation of spirometry.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1991
The suggested technical specifications in this document apply to apparatus used by clipicians for the diagnosis of common respiratory diseases and are to be considered as the minimum acceptable standards. Specifications, features and practices which are desirable, but not obligatory, are also presented.
Stewart, R. I., Basson, E.
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Phenotyping patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 900-911, April 2025.
Central illustration. Abbreviations: ACEi, angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; ARNi, angiotensin‐receptor‐neprilysin inhibitor; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CRT, cardiac resynchronization therapy; CV, cardiovascular; EF, ejection fraction; eGFR, estimated glomerular ...
Peter Moritz Becher, Felix Lindberg, Lina Benson, Camilla Hage, Ulf Dahlström, Stephan Rosenkranz, Francesco Cosentino, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Stefan Blankenberg, Paulus Kirchhof, Frieder Braunschweig, Lars H. Lund, Gianluigi Savarese   +12 more
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Spirometry use: detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the primary care setting

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2011
Thomas A Barnes1, Len Fromer21Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; 2David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USAObjective: To describe a practical method for family practitioners to stage ...
Thomas A Barnes, Len Fromer
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