Characterisation and prognosis of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at their first hospitalisation

BACKGROUND: Under-diagnosis of COPD is an important unmet medical need. We investigated the characteristics and prognosis of hospitalised patients with undiagnosed COPD. METHODS: The PAC-COPD cohort included 342 COPD patients hospitalised for the first time for an exacerbation of COPD (2004–2006). P...

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Autores principales: Balcells, Eva, Gimeno-Santos, Elena, de Batlle, Jordi, Ramon, Maria Antonia, Rodríguez, Esther, Benet, Marta, Farrero, Eva, Ferrer, Antoni, Guerra, Stefano, Ferrer, Jaume, Sauleda, Jaume, Barberà, Joan A, Agustí, Àlvar, Rodriguez-Roisin, Robert, Gea, Joaquim, Antó, Josep M, Garcia-Aymerich, Judith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25595204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-15-4

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