Testing for alpha-1 antitrypsin in COPD in outpatient respiratory clinics in Spain: A multilevel, cross-sectional analysis of the EPOCONSUL study.

Myriam CalleJoan B SorianoJosé Luis López-CamposJuan J Soler-CataluñaBernardino Alcázar NavarreteJosé Miguel Rodríguez González-MoroMarc MiravitllesMiriam BarrechegurenManuel Enrique Fuentes FerrerJuan Luis Rodriguez Hermosanull null

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Testing of AAT blood levels in COPD patients treated at outpatient respiratory clinics in Spain is infrequent. However, when tested, AATD (based on the serum AAT levels ≤100 mg/dL) is detected in one in five COPD patients. Efforts to optimize AATD case detection in COPD are needed.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
primary care
cross sectional
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
quality improvement
respiratory tract
loop mediated isothermal amplification
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