A Qaseem, V Snow, P Shekelle, K Sherif, TJ … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Recommendation 1: In patients with respiratory symptoms, particularly dyspnea,
spirometry should be performed to diagnose airflow obstruction. Spirometry
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cause of death in the United States. Fewer than half of the estimated 24 million
Americans with airflow obstruction have received a COPD diagnosis, and ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
TJ Wilt, D Niewoehner, R MacDonald, RL … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and
disabling condition in adults. Information about therapeutic effectiveness and
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EO Denis, MD Shawn Aaron, MD Jean Bourbeau … - Can Respir J, 2007 - progettolibra.it *Member of the editorial committee 1Queen's University, Kingston; 2University of
Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; 3McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 4Dalhousie
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projected to continue to increase for the next few [3] and [4]. In the year
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- ►lumc.nl [PDF] KF Rabe - New England Journal of Medicine, 2007 - nejm.org In the United States, the overall, age-standardized death rate decreased from
1242 deaths per 100,000 population in 1970 to 845 deaths per 100,000 in 2002.
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MLK Han, MG Kim, R Mardon, P Renner, S … - Chest, 2007 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Methods: The National Committee for Quality Assurance recruited five health
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