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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
When confronted with a case of dyspnoea, three questions must be asked: is the dyspnoea due to a pulmonary organic disease? How severe is it? What is its nature or its origin? In the majority of cases these questions are answered by elementary lung function tests (spirometry and measurement of the residual volume), but for these answers to be valid it must be borne in mind that respiratory function test (RFT) is primarily a physical exercise: no measurement is valid unless the operator is fully involved and the subject explored participates to the best of his possibilities. RFT also is a mental exercise: the data obtained can be well understood only if the operator is conversant with the data described in this article. RFT has multiple applications, and yet this examination is notoriously underestimated and underused by the medical profession. Good practice is its best publicity.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0761-8417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
286-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
[Respiratory function test, a key in the etiologic diagnosis of dyspnea or a simple quantitative test?].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Pneumologie, Centre hospitalier général de Draguignan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract