Persistent Empiric COPD Diagnosis and Treatment After Pulmonary Function Test Showed No Obstruction
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Persistent Empiric COPD Diagnosis and Treatment After Pulmonary Function Test Showed No Obstruction.
BACKGROUND Health-care providers often diagnose and empirically treat COPD without a confirmative pulmonary function test (PFT) or even despite a PFT that is not diagnostic of obstructive lung disease. We hypothesized that a portion of patients continue to carry a persistent empiric COPD diagnosis and receive treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled steroids after a PFT shows no obstruction. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Care
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0020-1324,1943-3654
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.04647