A multidimensional diagnostic approach for COPD

JAMA

2025-05-18

(Press-News.org) About The Study: A new chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic schema integrating respiratory symptoms, respiratory quality of life, spirometry, and structural lung abnormalities on computed tomographic imaging newly classified some individuals as having COPD. These individuals had an increased risk of all-cause and respiratory-related death, frequent exacerbations, and rapid lung function decline compared with individuals classified as not having COPD. Some individuals with airflow obstruction without respiratory symptoms or evidence of structural lung disease were no longer classified as having COPD.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Surya P. Bhatt, MD, MSPH, email sbhatt@uabmc.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.7358)

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