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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

The Clinical Utility of Pulmonary Function Tests in the Diagnosis and Characterization of Central Airway Obstruction: A Narrative Review.

Dimitrios Ampazis, Vasileios Vlachakos, Nektarios Anagnostopoulos, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Fotios Sampsonas

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Clinical characteristics of multinodular goiter causing tracheal compression.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  2. Comment on "Diagnosticaccuracy of non-invasive modalities for laryngotracheal stenosis: A systematicreview and meta-analysis".European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dimitrios AmpazisRespiratory Department, Cavan & Monaghan Hospital, HSE/RCSI Hospital Group, H12Y7W1 Cavan, Ireland.
Vasileios VlachakosBioclinic General Hospital of Athens, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, 11526 Athens, Greece.
Nektarios AnagnostopoulosInterventional Pulmonology Unit, 1st University Respiratory Department, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4925-2332
Argyrios TzouvelekisRespiratory Department, Patras University Hospital, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Fotios SampsonasRespiratory Department, Patras University Hospital, 26504 Patras, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central airway obstruction is of major clinical importance since it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is usually clinically diagnosed late. Pulmonary function tests, with the recent incorporation of oscillometry, can have a crucial role in earlier diagnosis. In this review, we summarize all recent advances in that view, including the crucial role of oscillometry.

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bronchoscopycentral airway obstructiondiagnostic utilityoscillometryplethysmograpypulmonary function tests

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PMID39518438
PMCPMC11546877

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