BMC pulmonary medicine
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BMC pulmonary medicine · Jan 2015
Multicenter Study Observational StudyCharacterisation and prognosis of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at their first hospitalisation.
Under-diagnosis of COPD is an important unmet medical need. We investigated the characteristics and prognosis of hospitalised patients with undiagnosed COPD. ⋯ Undiagnosed COPD patients have less severe disease and lower risk of re-hospitalisation when compared with hospitalised patients with known COPD.