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- Published online June 30, 2020.
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- Jeffrey M Haynes⇑,
- David A Kaminsky,
- Sanja Stanojevic and
- Gregg L Ruppel
- Pulmonary Function Laboratory, St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, New Hampshire.
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.
- Translational Medicine Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
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- Article
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Lung Function as an Indicator of Lung Health (Inverse Modeling)
- Why Do We Need Reference Equations?
- Limitations of Reference Equations
- What Is Normal?
- How Should Pulmonary Function Data Be Presented for Interpretation?
- Accepting Uncertainty
- Incorporating Uncertainty Into Interpretation
- Not All Approaches Are Equal
- Can Disease Be Present If the Pulmonary Function Test Is “Normal”?
- Appreciating Longitudinal Changes Within the “Normal” Range
- How Do I Decide Which Reference Equation to Use?
- Summary
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