COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseEtienne Callens, S茅mia Graba, Mohamed Essalhi, Karine Gillet-Juvin, Brigitte Chevalier-Bidaud, Romain Chenu, Bruno Mahut, Christophe Delclaux. (2014) Prevalence of overestimation or underestimation of the functional capacity using MRC score as ...
The telephone survey contained 71 items and explored such domains as educational level, financial status, living arrangements and social contacts, co-morbid illness, and the severity and the impact of COPD on health status. Patients were categorized according to the reported MRC score: mild dyspnoea...
In support that the observed increase in the prevalence of chronic conditions is real, other countries have shown increased prevalence to be also reflected in higher rates of mortality especially from lung cancer, COPD and IHD in Danish, Dutch and Norwegian men[37]. However there may be other ...