Prevalence of previously undiagnosed airflow limitation in patients who underwent preoperative pulmonary function test

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 53-57

  Kamimura, Tomoko ^a   Koga, Takeharu ^a   Oshita, Yuichi ^a   Hanada, Mikiko ^a   Nagafuchi, Yoshiro ^a   Takagi, Akira ^a   Ehara, Ryu ^a   Sueyasu, Yoshiko ^a   Rikimaru, Toru ^a   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Awareness; COPD; Diagnosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33947390957     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.53.53     Document Type: Article

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