When to use and not to use spirometry in patients admitted to the internal medicine wards for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the main causes for admission to an internal medicine ward, due to exacerbations of the disease itself or to comorbidities leading to dyspnea as an intriguing symptom. In many cases, a diagnosis of COPD is made only on clinical grounds, but well...
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| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/391 |