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Undiagnosed airflow obstruction: prevalence and implications.
- Source :
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Current opinion in pulmonary medicine [Curr Opin Pulm Med] 2003 Mar; Vol. 9 (2), pp. 96-103. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Conditions associated with airflow obstruction are often over- and underdiagnosed. Prevalence estimates of undiagnosed airflow obstruction (UDAO) range from 3 to 12%. UDAO is a nonspecific physiologic abnormality that may be caused by a number of factors (eg, cigarette smoking) and can be the manifestation of many different disorders. The higher occurrence of UDAO among men, current or former smokers, and with advancing age provide preliminary evidence on probable causes and diagnoses (ie, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). While cigarette smoking is associated with UDAO, a substantial proportion of persons have never smoked, particularly among women. Few studies suggest that this condition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. While there is currently no evidence to support screening for UDAO, case-finding may have a role among persons with respiratory symptoms, who have ever smoked, with a family history of respiratory disease, or with occupational exposures to dusts or fumes.
- Subjects :
- Age Factors
Airway Obstruction epidemiology
Airway Obstruction etiology
Health Status
Health Surveys
Humans
Prevalence
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive complications
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive epidemiology
Sex Factors
Spirometry
United States epidemiology
Airway Obstruction diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1070-5287
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in pulmonary medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12574688
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00063198-200303000-00002