Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Validity and Reliability of a Portable Device in Non-Specialized Healthcare Settings.

Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Validity and Reliability of a Portable Device in Non-Specialized Healthcare Settings.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:The underdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could be improved through screening using portable devices simpler than conventional spirometers in specific healthcare settings to reach a higher percentage of the at-risk population. This study was desig...

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Main Authors: Cristina Represas-Represas, Alberto Fernández-Villar, Alberto Ruano-Raviña, Ana Priegue-Carrera, Maribel Botana-Rial, study group of “Validity of COPD-6 in non-specialized healthcare settings”
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4699810?pdf=render

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