Active screening for COPD among hospitalized smokers - a feasibility study

• Main Authors: Katarzyna Mycroft (Author), Piotr Korczynski (Author), Piotr Jankowski (Author), Mikolaj Kutka (Author), Olga Zelazna (Author), Marcin Zagaja (Author), Kornelia Wozniczko (Author), Urszula Szafranska (Author), Lukasz Koltowski (Author), Grzegorz Opolski (Author), Rafal Krenke (Author), Katarzyna Gorska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Spirometry is a primary tool for early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) detection in patients with risk factors, for example, cigarette smoking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the strategy of an active screening for COPD among smokers admitted to the pulmonary and card...