Use of forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second quality criteria for determining a valid test

• Published in: The European respiratory journal Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 1283 - 1292
• Main Authors: Hankinson, John L., Eschenbacher, Bill, Townsend, Mary, Stocks, Janet, Quanjer, Philip H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England European Respiratory Society 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Algorithms; Child; Databases, Factual; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pulmonary Medicine - standards; Quality Control; Reference Values; Research Design; Spirometry - methods; Vital Capacity; Young Adult

The 2005 American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) spirometry guidelines define valid tests as having three acceptable blows and a repeatable forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). The aim of this study was to determine how reviewer and compu...