Open AccessMulticenter study of the COPD-6 screening device: feasible for early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care?
Author(s) -
Peter Kjeldgaard,
Jesper Lykkegaard,
Heidi Spillemose,
Charlotte Suppli Ulrik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s136244
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , spirometry , asthma , obstructive lung disease , bronchodilator , physical therapy
Early detection of COPD may reduce the future burden of the disease. We aimed to investigate whether prescreening with a COPD-6 screening device (measuring FEV 1 and FEV 6 ) facilitates early detection of COPD in primary care.