The diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Summary

COPD may begin with symptoms that are only mild at first even in a longstanding smoker, and the available diagnostic techniques need better prospective validation with respect to relevant endpoints, including mortality, symptom progression, quality of life, and frequency of exacerbations.

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review
Published
2014-12-05
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Keywords

Pulmonary disease, Medicine, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine, Cardiology

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