The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Airflow Limitation
Table 13-12 Serial Likelihood Ratios for the FEV1 to the Diagnosis of Obstructive Airways Disease
Topics Discussed:
airway obstruction, auscultation, chronic obstructive airway disease, criterion standard comparisons (diagnostic tests), forced expiratory volume function, likelihood ratio, measures of outcome
Excerpt:
"Improving Pulmonary Auscultation as a Tool in the Diagnosis of
Bronchial Obstruction—Results of an Educational Intervention.Level 1 randomized trial of an educational intervention...."
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