COPD is frequent in conditions of comorbidity in patients treated with various diseases in a university hospital

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of death and loss of disability-adjusted life-years. However, many COPD patients are not diagnosed because of underrecognition or underdiagnosis of this disease among many patients and physicians. One possible reason is underr...

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Published in:	International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Vol. 5; no. default; pp. 351 - 355
Main Authors:	Yamasaki, Akira, Hashimoto, Kiyoshi, Hasegawa, Yasuyuki, Okazaki, Ryota, Yamamura, Miki, Harada, Tomoya, Ito, Shizuka, Ishikawa, Soichiro, Takami, Hiroki, Watanabe, Masanari, Igishi, Tadashi, Kawasaki, Yuji, Shimizu, Eiji
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Zealand Dove Medical Press 05-10-2010
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Comorbidity Female Forced Expiratory Volume Hospitals, University - statistics & numerical data Humans Japan - epidemiology Lung - physiopathology Male Middle Aged Original Research Predictive Value of Tests Prevalence Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Severity of Illness Index Spirometry Vital Capacity Japan airflow limitation prevalence comorbidity spirometry chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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