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How do you determine the severity of restrictive lung disease?

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Pulmonology · University Of Wisconsin Health University Hospital

My interpretation of the latest ATS/ERS guidelines is that FEV1 should be used for "any spirometric abnormality" including restriction or mixed disorders, which is unchanged from the 2005 ERS Guidelines.

That said, I tend to use FVC when grading pure restrictive disorders, habituated as a result of F...

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