… patients already classified as having “poorly reversible” COPD, we examined data … Obstructive
Lung Disease) study. We hypothesised that the number of patients classified as reversible …

… In order to analyse the effect of reversibility testing on disease definition, we also estimated
COPD defined without bronchodilatation. Subjects were grouped into four categories based …

… , reversibility testing adds little to management. However, in patients who have atypical clinical
features, reversibility testing … did not relate reversibility testing to clinical outcomes. COPD=…

… reversibility testing is recommended in all patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(… Two alternative ways of assessing lung mechanics—measurement of end expiratory lung …

… reversibility testing seems logical. The role of the steroid trial has been extensively studied3
410 but there is disagreement about the dose and the test … chronic obstructive lung disease. …

… There is renewed interest in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
within … We tested the feasibility of using spirometry and if appropriate, reversibility testing, to …

… We conclude that in severe COAD, reversibility tests of PEFR, spirometry and lung volumes
do not correlate with response to a home nebuliser. Home measurements of PEFR are …

… Underdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (… role of BD reversibility testing in
early COPD case finding. … for the BD reversibility test in the diagnostic screening algorithm in …

… Spontaneously breathing patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases as in our study
have only seldom been studied so far (16, 42, 50, 52, 54). In an earlier study from our group, we …

… Improvements in walking distances and symptoms were unrelated to changes in either
FEV1 or FVC, indicating that routine reversibility testing is not a good predictor of symptomatic …