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1Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Basel.
Abstract:
Assessment of dyspnea can be a challenging task even for experienced physicians. Dyspnea can be caused by multiple reasons in up to one third of the cases. By history taking and physical examinations only, airway obstruction can be missed as well as over-diagnosed. Therefore, spirometry is an important tool in the assessment of dyspnea. Spirometry should be performed in a high standard quality respecting the international quality criteria, thus spirometry can be interpreted securely and provide the asked information.
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