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Office-Based Case Finding for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Older Adults in Primary Care

Background. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is underdiagnosed in primary care. Aim. To explore the utility of proactive identification of COPD in patients 75 years of age and older in a Canadian primary care setting. Methods. Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) screening questions were admi...

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Autores principales: Lee, Linda, Patel, Tejal, Hillier, Loretta M., Milligan, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1083270