May spirometry be a useful component of the examination of hospitalized medical patients to identify unsuspected COPD?

I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, E. Gatto, E. Ansaldo, A. Grosso, R. Niniano, L. Ballerin, N. De Luca, F. Peccini, E. Pozzi, A. Foresi (Pavia, Ferrara, Roma, Gubbio, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Organisation of care and management of COPD
Session: Organisation of care and management of COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3318
Disease area: Airway diseases

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