TY - GEN AU - Balcells, Eva AU - Gimeno-Santos, Elena AU - de Batlle, Jordi AU - Antonia Ramon, Maria AU - Rodriguez, Esther AU - Benet, Marta AU - Farrero, Eva AU - Ferrer, Antoni AU - Guerra, Stefano AU - Ferrer, Jaume AU - Sauleda, Jaume AU - Barbera, Joan A. AU - Agusti, Alvar AU - Rodriguez-Roisin, Robert AU - Gea, Joaquim AU - Anto, Josep M. AU - Garcia-Aymerich, Judith AU - PAC-COPD Study Grp PY - 2015 DO - 10.1186/1471-2466-15-4 SN - 1471-2466 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20095 AB - Background: Under-diagnosis of COPD is an important unmet medical need. We investigated the characteristics and prognosis of hospitalised patients with undiagnosed COPD. Methods: The PAC-COPD cohort included 342 COPD patients hospitalised for the... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - Pulmonary disease KW - Chronic obstructive KW - Hospitalisation KW - Cohort studies KW - Epidemiology KW - Health services KW - Aged KW - Dyspnea KW - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Humans KW - Health Status KW - Forced Expiratory Volume KW - Middle Aged KW - Tobacco Use KW - Longitudinal Studies KW - Prognosis KW - Hospitalization KW - Male KW - Self Report KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Female KW - Smoking Cessation KW - Comorbidity KW - Patient Discharge TI - Characterisation and prognosis of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at their first hospitalisation TY - research article ER -