Sentence examples for obstruction measures from inspiring English sources

We did not collect information on such medication use, potentially introducing error in our spirometry measurements, especially the large airway obstruction measures.

This improvement is most evident in the large airway obstruction measures PEF and FEV1.

This project was designed to see how well physicians' impressions about their patients' chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity correlate with the severity of airflow obstruction measured by spirometry and to assess whether spirometry results subsequently changed the physicians' opinions about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity and treatment.

We also assessed the specificity of the classifier for the discrimination of controls known to have airflow obstruction (measured by GOLD score).

The BODE index is based on the BMI, the degree of airflow obstruction measured by forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), grade of dyspnea assessed by the modified MRC dyspnea scale [ 22], and exercise capacity measured by the 6MWD test.

In addition, the discrepancy between normal lung function and lack of asthma control is only apparent; indeed, the control of asthma, specifically the ACT, which reflects the patient's perception of disease control, can be dissociated from the level of airway obstruction measured by the physician.

This is in contrast to two earlier small studies of 45 and 50 patients with COPD [ 26, 28] reporting that plasma YKL-40 was related to disease stage, i.e. related to the degree of airway obstruction measured by FEV1% predicted.

Any obstruction of measures which are considered crucial to securing the future of the union would put the UK beyond the pale.

Reversibility of airways obstruction was measured according to standard America Thoracic Society guidelines (over 15% and at least 400 ml improvement in FEV1 after 400 μg salbutamol via a spacer) [ 23].

These results suggest that the EFL index measured by FOT during tidal breathing reflects peripheral airway obstruction as measured by forced expiration.

The velocimetry data showed that the curved orifice-plate geometry successfully generated an inclined jet within the channel, and maximum improvements in the area-averaged heat transfer coefficient of 495% (relative to a channel containing no obstruction) were measured.