Prevalence of Previously Undiagnosed Airflow Limitation in Patients Who Underwent Preoperative Pulmonary Function Test

Although being a rapidly expanding socioeconomical burden worldwide, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often overlooked because of its insidious progression. Since spirometry is the primary tool for the diagnosis of COPD, physicians should be aware of the disease in any situation where...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Kurume medical journal 2006/12/31, Vol.53(3+4), pp.53-57
Hauptverfasser:	KAMIMURA, TOMOKO, KOGA, TAKEHARU, OSHITA, YUICHI, HANADA, MIKIKO, NAGAFUCHI, YOSHIRO, TAKAGI, AKIRA, EHARA, RYU, SUEYASU, YOSHIKO, RIKIMARU, TORU, AIZAWA, HISAMICHI
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged awareness COPD diagnosis Diagnostic Errors Female Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis Respiratory Function Tests Retrospective Studies Spirometry
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