Emphysema Predicts Hospitalisation and Incident Airflow Obstruction among Older Smokers: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Emphysema on CT is common in older smokers. We hypothesised that emphysema on CT predicts acute episodes of care for chronic lower respiratory disease among older smokers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants in a lung cancer screening study age ≥60 years were recruited into a prospective...

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Autores principales: McAllister, David A., Ahmed, Firas S., Austin, John H. M., Henschke, Claudia I., Keller, Brad M., Lemeshow, Adina, Reeves, Anthony P., Mesia-Vela, Sonia, Pearson, G. D. N., Shiau, Maria C., Schwartz, Joseph E., Yankelevitz, David F., Barr, R. Graham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093221

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