Overdiagnosis of COPD in Subjects With Unobstructed Spirometry A BOLD Analysis

• Published in: Chest
• Main Authors: Sator, Lea, Horner, Andreas, Studnicka, Michael, Lamprecht, Bernd, Kaiser, Bernhard, McBurnie, Mary Ann, Buist, A. Sonia
• Other Authors: Çukurova Üniversitesi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2019
• Subjects: COPD; false positive diagnosis; misdiagnosis; overdiagnosis; overtreatment; Bergen; Canada; Linde; Norway; Polska; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12605/8951; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2019.01.015

WOS: 000478787900019 PubMed ID: 30711480 BACKGROUND: There are several reports on underdiagnosis of COPD, while little is known about COPD overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We describe the overdiagnosis and the prevalence of spirometrically defined false positive COPD, as well as their relationship w...