How Accurate Is the Diagnosis of “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” in Patients Hospitalized with an Acute Exacerbation?

Rationale: COPD diagnosis requires relevant symptoms and an FEV1/FVC ratio of <0.7 post-bronchodilator on spirometry. Patients are frequently labeled as COPD based on clinical presentation and admitted to the hospital with this diagnosis even though spirometry is either not available or has never...

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Autores principales: Darawshy, Fares, Abu Rmeileh, Ayman, Kuint, Rottem, Goychmann-Cohen, Polina, Fridlender, Zvi G., Berkman, Neville
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984633
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030632

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984633
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030632

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