International Congress London 2016

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Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, abstract number.

COPD case-finding: how can we find the missing millions?

Symposium
Chairs: Peymane Adab (Birmingham, United Kingdom), Barbara Yawn (Rochester, United States of America)
Aims: The aim of this session is to summarise and discuss the latest findings regarding the identification of patients with undiagnosed but symptomatic COPD. The session will include a review of studies evaluating the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of different COPD case-finding approaches; an overview of the algorithms that have been derived from primary care records and that aim to improve the efficiency of COPD case-finding; a discussion of the views of GPs, healthcare professionals, and patients on COPD case-finding; and an overview of the pros and cons of a structured screening programme and the gaps in the evidence.

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Screening for COPD in non-smokers Sundeep Santosh Salvi (Pune, India)