Putting lung function reference equations into context

Brigitte M Borg; Bruce R Thompson

doi:10.1183/20734735.0099-2021

Putting lung function reference equations into context

Breathe (Sheff). 2021 Sep;17(3):210099. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0099-2021.

Authors

Brigitte M Borg^{1

2}, Bruce R Thompson³

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.
² School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.

Abstract

Knowing the limitations of reference equations is essential to minimising errors in diagnosis and clinical management. Choice of reference sets may impact access to treatment options where lung function based eligibility criteria exist. https://bit.ly/2WdOFDj.