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- Sun Mi Choi
- Jinwoo Lee
- Young Sik Park
- Chang-Hoon Lee
- Sang-Min Lee
- Jae-Joon Yim
- Young Whan Kim
- Sung Koo Han
- Chul-Gyu Yoo
Abstract
Background: Despite being a major public health problem, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains underdiagnosed, and only 2.4% COPD patients are aware of their disease in Korea. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of COPD detected by spirometry performed as a preoperative screening test and to determine the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) group distribution and self-awareness of COPD. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of adults (age, ≥40 years) who had undergone spirometry during preoperative screening between April and August 2013 at a tertiary hospital in Korea. COPD was defined as a postbronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity ratio of 40 years who had undergone spirometry as a preoperative screening test, 474 (15.6%; 404 men; median age, 70 years; range, 44–93 years) were diagnosed with COPD. Only 26 (5.5%) patients reported previous diagnosis of COPD (2.1%), emphysema (0.8%), or chronic bronchitis (2.5%). The GOLD group distribution was as follows: 63.3% in group A, 31.2% in group B, 1.7% in group C, and 3.8% in group D. Conclusions: The prevalence of COPD diagnosed by preoperative spirometry was 15.6%, and only 5.5% patients were aware of their disease. Approximately one-third of the COPD patients belonged to GOLD groups B, C, and D, which require regular treatment.
Suggested Citation
Sun Mi Choi & Jinwoo Lee & Young Sik Park & Chang-Hoon Lee & Sang-Min Lee & Jae-Joon Yim & Young Whan Kim & Sung Koo Han & Chul-Gyu Yoo, 2015.
"Prevalence and Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Group Distribution of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Detected by Preoperative Pulmonary Function Test,"
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, January.
Handle:
RePEc:plo:pone00:0115787
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115787
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