ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025
New instrument for effective detection of a history of COPD exacerbations, including usually unreported events.
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Background: COPD exacerbations are important events for disease management. The incidence of exacerbations impacts prognosis, guides treatment, and predicts future exacerbations. Despite their importance, exacerbations are often underdiagnosed and underreported. The aim of our study was to test and evaluate the effectiveness of a structured checklist for detecting past exacerbations that we developed and that would be suitable for routine clinical practice. Methods: 350 patients with COPD and FEV Results: Compared to the patient-physician interview, the structured checklist detected more exacerbations since the previous visit ( Conclusion: Proposed structured checklist improved the detection of past exacerbations, including usually unreported events. Moreover, the structured checklist allows the severity and other clinical characteristics of past exacerbations to be specified and used to direct further COPD therapy.
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