The prevalence of airflow obstruction in rural primary care
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Prevalence of undiagnosed airflow obstruction among people with a history of smoking in a primary care setting
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to define the prevalence of undiagnosed airflow obstruction (AO) among subjects with a history of smoking but no previous diagnosis of chronic lung disease. The finding of AO likely represents diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PATIENTS People aged ≥30 years with a history of smoking who attended public outpatient clinics for primary care...
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The authors of the article published recently in the European Respiratory Journal on the prevalence and correlates of airflow obstruction in >317 000 never-smoking Chinese subjects concluded that they found inconsistent associations with exposures to household air pollution and went on to outline what future work needed to be done [1]. In the first instance, they should present table 5 having r...
متن کاملDefining airflow obstruction.
Using a very large number of predominantly Chinese nonsmoking females aged 30–79 years, SMITH et al. [1] studied the relationship between airflow obstruction, household air pollution, household income, educational level and prior tuberculosis. They defined airflow obstruction as a ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) of <0.7 or <5th percentile, and grad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.06.015