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HOT TOPICS IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE: Issue 11, 2009
The clinical course of COPD: earlier intervention
The importance of early diagnosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Gary T. Ferguson
Correspondence to:
Gary T. Ferguson - MD Director Pulmonary Research Institute of Southeast Michigan (PRISM) Livonia, Michigan, USA E-mail: garytferguson@msn.com
Summary
- DIAGNOSIS
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENT
- Current understanding of mild and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Pathology
- Clinical disease
- Pharmacological treatments
- TECHNIQUES FOR DIAGNOSIS
- Screening spirometry and spirometry case finding
- Spirometry and smoking cessation
- Questionnaires
- Combining questionnaires with spirometry
- Alternative methods for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
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