Undiagnosed (or Unrecognized) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma: Does Active Case Finding Identify Clinically Impaired Patients with Treatment Potential?

Yunus Çolak^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte.
² The Copenhagen General Population Study Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte.
³ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark.

Editorial

Yunus Çolak. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 15;208(12):1255-1256.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202310-1793ED.

Yunus Çolak^{1

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3}

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte.
² The Copenhagen General Population Study Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte.
³ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Comment on

Impact of Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma on Symptoms, Quality of Life, Healthcare Use, and Work Productivity.
Gerstein E, Bierbrier J, Whitmore GA, Vandemheen KL, Bergeron C, Boulet LP, Cote A, Field SK, Penz E, McIvor RA, Lemière C, Gupta S, Hernandez P, Mayers I, Bhutani M, Lougheed MD, Licskai CJ, Azher T, Ezer N, Ainslie M, Alvarez GG, Mulpuru S, Aaron SD. Gerstein E, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Dec 15;208(12):1271-1282. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202307-1264OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 37792953

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