Long-term change in reactance by forced oscillation technique correlates with FEV₁ decline in moderate COPD patients

Eur Respir J. 2017 Apr 26;49(4):1601534. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01534-2016. Print 2017 Apr.

Authors

Takefumi Akita^{1

2}, Toshihiro Shirai^{3

2}, Taisuke Akamatsu³, Mika Saigusa³, Akito Yamamoto³, Yuichiro Shishido³, Satoru Morita³, Kazuhiro Asada³

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan toshihiro-shirai@i.shizuoka-pho.jp.
² Both authors contributed equally.
³ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.

PMID: 28446553
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01534-2016

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

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Disease Progression*
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume*
Humans
Male
Oscillometry*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index