Family Physicians Skip Lung Function Test in Diagnosing COPD - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
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HINES, Ill., June 16 — Family physicians may be diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overly hastily, evaluating only symptoms and smoking history without the recommended spirometry, according to researchers here.
About two-thirds of patients newly diagnosed with COPD never received spirometry testing, reported Todd A. Lee, PharmD, Ph.D., of the Hines Veterans Affairs hospital here, and colleagues in the June issue of the journal Chest.
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