Researchers say a 5-question screening tool may help diagnose people with treatable COPD. They say the questionnaire helps identify people who should undergo specific testing for the pulmonary ...

Researchers have proposed that the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) be used as a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical outcomes assessment tool.

The CAPTURE screening tool showed high specificity but low sensitivity in identifying primary care patients with previously undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

So in effect, taking the concept of a COPD assessment tool, which we use to determine severity of illness, but to actually mine EHR [electronic health record] to predict exacerbations.

The Assessment of Burden Chronic Conditions (ABCC) tool adds validity when measuring burden of disease among people with chronic conditions, according to one study.

The aim of the current study is to analyse the effectiveness of the ABC tool compared with usual care on health related quality of life among COPD patients over a period of 18 months.

New Ottawa Risk Scale predicts chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients at risk of serious complications and will enable emergency room doctors to make better decisions about patient ...

Use of CAPTURE plus peak expiratory flow resulted in “good” sensitivity and negative predictive value for detecting patients with COPD in need of treatment, according to study results ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects one in 12 Canadians over the age of 40. That's three million people who are currently living with the progressive lung disease in this country ...

To develop a practical patient-completed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment questionnaire (COPD-AQ) to improve COPD assessment and management in primary care, based on the concept of ...