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Chest, Vol 88, 874-877, Copyright © 1985 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Value based interpretation of pulmonary function tests

P Harber

Two contrasting errors in spirometric interpretation are the inappropriate conclusion of "normality" (type I) and of "abnormality" (type II). A survey of 67 health professionals showed major interpersonal and intersituational differences in opinion about the optimal relative proportions of type I and type II errors. This suggests the need for caution in the commonly employed practice of interpretation based on a 5 percent false positive rate.




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