Specialist respiratory outreach: a case-finding initiative for identifying undiagnosed COPD in primary care
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DOI: 10.1038/s41533-021-00219-x
Abstract: COPD remains largely undiagnosed or is diagnosed late in the course of disease. We report findings of a specialist outreach programme to identify undiagnosed COPD in primary care. An electronic case-finding algorithm identified 1602 at-risk… read more here.
Keywords: copd; primary care; undiagnosed copd; case finding ... See more keywords
Detection of COPD in the SUMMIT Study lung cancer screening cohort using symptoms and spirometry
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DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00795-2022
Abstract: Background COPD is a major comorbidity in lung cancer screening (LCS) cohorts, with a high prevalence of undiagnosed COPD. Combining symptom assessment with spirometry in this setting may enable earlier diagnosis of clinically significant COPD… read more here.
Keywords: lung cancer; copd; undiagnosed copd; risk ... See more keywords