Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lange, Peter; R. Celli, Bartolomé; Agustí, Àlvar; Boje Jensen, Gorm; Divo, Miguel; Faner, Rosa; Guerra, Stefano; Louis Marott, Jacob; D. Martínez, Fernando; Martínez‐Camblor, Pablo; Meek, Paula; A. Owen, Caroline; Petersen, Hans; Pinto-Plata, Víctor; Schnohr, Peter; Sood, Akshay; B. Soriano, Joan; Tesfaigzi, Yohannes; Vestbo, Jørgen

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1411532

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Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 8, 2015

Authors:

Peter Lange

Bartolomé R. Celli

Àlvar Agustí

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is thought to result from an accelerated decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) over time. Yet it is possible that a normal decline in FEV1 could also lead to COPD in persons whose maximally attained FEV1 is less than populatio...

Subject

Pulmonary disease

Pulmonary function testing

Lung function

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