Clinical inquiries. Does office spirometry improve quit rates in smokers?
Spata, J.; Kelsberg, G.; Safranek, S.
Journal of Family Practice 59(10): 593-594
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 20922180 Document Number: 645593
It depends. Simply performing spirometry and offering cessation advice doesn't improve quit rates in patients who smoke (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic review of randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). However, when the spirometry results are communicated in terms of "lung age", smokers are more likely to quit (SOR: B, large RCT). Patients with abnormal spirometry results may be more likely to quit than patients with normal results (SOR: B, cohort studies).