Guidelines recommend the confirmation of a COPD diagnosis with spirometry. Limited evidence exists, however, documenting the frequency of spirometry use in clinical practice. Methods: The National ...

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If the pre-bronchodilator spirometry does not show obstruction…performing post-bronchodilator spirometry ... Dysbiosis has a cross-sectional association with COPD and multiple disease characteristics, ...

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All patients with spirometry-proven COPD who are referred for outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation ... Patients will perform cycling, treadmill walking, stair climbing, arm ergometry and resistance ...

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Correspondence to Dr Ian M Balfour-Lynn, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; i.balfourlynn{at}ic.ac.uk In a double-blind, ...

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