Title |
The prevalence of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a primary care population with respiratory tract infections - a case finding study
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, November 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-12-122 |
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Authors |
Hanna Sandelowsky, Björn Ställberg, Anna Nager, Jan Hasselström |
Abstract |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an underdiagnosed cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prevalence of COPD has been shown to be highly associated with positive smoking history and increasing age. Spirometry is the method used for diagnosing COPD. However, identifying patients at risk of COPD to undergo spirometry tests has been challenging. Therefore, there is a need for new cost-effective and feasible diagnostic screening procedures for use in primary care centers. Our aim was to describe the prevalence and severity of undiagnosed COPD in a group of patients with respiratory infections attending urgent primary care, and to identify those variables in patients' history that could be used to detect the disease. |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
Hungary | 1 | 1% |
Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
Sweden | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 66 | 93% |
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Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
Researcher | 7 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 10% |
Other | 6 | 8% |
Other | 19 | 27% |
Unknown | 15 | 21% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 44% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
Other | 9 | 13% |
Unknown | 19 | 27% |