Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes at Veterans Affairs Versus Non-Veterans Affairs Hospitals
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the veterans affairs hospitals: haven't we seen this before?
In radiology, the term “Aunt Minnie” has been used for decades. Attributed to Dr Benjamin Felson, it refers to “a case with radiologic findings so specific and compelling that no realistic differential diagnosis exists.” In Dr Felson’s mind, if it looks like your Aunt Minnie, then it must be Aunt Minnie.1 To paraphrase Dr Felson, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2372-952X
DOI: 10.15326/jcopdf.2021.0201