Quality of life in patients with chronic airflow limitation.

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Summary

It is suggested that physicians cannot rely on severity of airflow limitation as an indicator of the impact of CAL on patients' lives and patients should be specifically asked about problem areas, especially emotional difficulties, and spouses' view of the problems should be obtained.

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article
Published
1987-01-01
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Keywords

Medicine, Anxiety, Embarrassment, Depression (economics), Lung function

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