Determining emphysema in adult patients with COPD-bronchiectasis overlap using a novel spirometric parameter: area under the forced expiratory flow-volume loop.
Celal SatıcıBurcu Arpinar YigitbasMustafa Asım DemirkolA Filiz KosarPublished in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2020)
We found that AreaFE% is more suitable for determining the presence of emphysema than conventional spirometric parameters in CBO patients. This novel parameter may be helpful instead of scanning thorax CT to indicate the presence of emphysema and manage treatment in the follow-up of CBO patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- lung function
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- cystic fibrosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- intensive care unit
- mass spectrometry
- pulmonary fibrosis
- patient reported