Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Screening is Still a Challenge in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Anam Rehman (Author), Hamid Shafiq (Author), Shireen Jawed (Author), Fakiha Behram (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a highly preventable disease with smoking as most recognizable risk factor globally. COPD remains undiagnosed worldwide due to unavailability of gold standard spirometry. Technical difficulties in this procedure, faced by patient result in over...