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What features on PFT or flow-volume loops do you look at to suspect small airway dysfunction?

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Pulmonology · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

I would strongly advise against using the flow-volume loop to diagnose small airway dysfunction. It is difficult if not impossible to visually distinguish between small airway dysfunction and normal aging (I would point out that part of normal aging involves changes in small airway function). Althou...

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