Spirometry: How Should We Order This Bedrock of Diagnosis and Management for Asthma and COPD?

@article{Dwyer2012SpirometryHS,
  title={Spirometry: How Should We Order This Bedrock of Diagnosis and Management for Asthma and COPD?},
  author={Terry M. Dwyer and George E. Abraham},
  journal={Respiratory Care},
  year={2012},
  volume={57},
  pages={1692 - 1695}
}
Current guidelines for asthma and COPD begin with the need for a correct diagnosis, prompted by the history and physical exam and confirmed by spirometry demonstrating obstruction and assessing reversibility.[1][1]–[4][2] After determining that obstruction exists, additional tests are ordered 
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