Active screening for COPD among hospitalized smokers - a feasibility study.
Katarzyna MycroftPiotr KorczynskiPiotr JankowskiMikolaj KutkaOlga ZelaznaMarcin ZagajaKornelia WozniczkoUrszula SzafranskaLukasz KoltowskiGrzegorz OpolskiRafal KrenkeKatarzyna GorskaPublished in: Therapeutic advances in chronic disease (2020)
The proposed diagnostic strategy can be successfully used to improve COPD detection in the inpatient setting. The majority of the newly diagnosed COPD patients had mild-to-moderate airway obstruction. Patients who should be particularly screened for COPD include ex-smokers with less pronounced respiratory symptoms.