Standardising terminology in routine electronic health records for respiratory endpoints: why we still can't agree

Lies Lahousse; Kjell Erik Julius Hakansson; Aparna Balasubramanian; Job F. M. van Boven; Andrea S. Gershon; Chad H. Hochberg; Guy F. Joos; Janwillem W. H. Kocks; Adam Lewis; Vidya Navaratnam; Fredrik Nyberg; Sanja Stanojevic; Mathias Therkelsen King; Holly Tibble; Lowie Vanfleteren; Ulla Moller Weinreich; Katia Verhamme; Jennifer K. Quint

doi:10.1136/thorax-2026-225201

Standardising terminology in routine electronic health records for respiratory endpoints: why we still can't agree

Lies Lahousse
, Kjell Erik Julius Hakansson
, Aparna Balasubramanian
, Job F. M. van Boven
, Andrea S. Gershon
, Chad H. Hochberg
, Guy F. Joos
, Janwillem W. H. Kocks
, Adam Lewis
, Vidya Navaratnam
, Fredrik Nyberg
, Sanja Stanojevic
, Mathias Therkelsen King
, Holly Tibble
, Lowie Vanfleteren
, Ulla Moller Weinreich
, Katia Verhamme
, Jennifer K. Quint^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Number of pages	5
Journal	Thorax
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2026-225201
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 23 Jun 2026

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Lahousse, L., Hakansson, K. E. J., Balasubramanian, A., van Boven, J. F. M., Gershon, A. S., Hochberg, C. H., Joos, G. F., Kocks, J. W. H., Lewis, A., Navaratnam, V., Nyberg, F., Stanojevic, S., King, M. T., Tibble, H., Vanfleteren, L., Weinreich, U. M., Verhamme, K., & Quint, J. K. (2026). Standardising terminology in routine electronic health records for respiratory endpoints: why we still can't agree. Thorax. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2026-225201

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