Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Detection: Hurdles and Struggles

Lucile Regard^{1

2}, Thierry Perez^{3

4

5}, Nicolas Roche^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cochin Hospital APHP Centre Paris, France.
² Institut Cochin INSERM UMR 1016 Paris, France.
³ Service de Pneumologie et Immuno-allergologie.
⁴ Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires CHU de Lille Lille, France.
⁵ U1019-UMR9017-Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille Institut Pasteur de Lille Lille, France.

Editorial

Lucile Regard et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;211(5):681-683.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202411-2330ED.

Lucile Regard^{1

2}, Thierry Perez^{3

4

5}, Nicolas Roche^{1

2}

¹ Cochin Hospital APHP Centre Paris, France.
² Institut Cochin INSERM UMR 1016 Paris, France.
³ Service de Pneumologie et Immuno-allergologie.
⁴ Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires CHU de Lille Lille, France.
⁵ U1019-UMR9017-Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille Institut Pasteur de Lille Lille, France.

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Impact of the CAPTURE Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening Tool in U.S. Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Martinez FJ, Yawn BP, Angulo D, Lopez C, Murray S, Mannino D, Anderson S, Dolor R, Elder N, Joo M, Khan I, Knox LM, Meldrum C, Peters E, Spino C, Tapp H, Thomashow B, Zittleman L, Brown R, Make B, Han MK; CAPTURE Study Group. Martinez FJ, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 May;211(5):789-802. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202405-0921OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025. PMID: 39715575 Clinical Trial.

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