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Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Prevalence

COPD is common.  a

Note

  • Half of patients seeing a doctor have chronic obstructive airways disease (52% 95% CI: 47% to 58%). In many cases, patients do not know they have it (39%: 95% CI: 33% to 45%).a

 

Expiry date: July 2003
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   N R   Anthonisen
CAT Writers   B   Phillips , CJ   Wotton , CM   Ball