title: [A test for early detection of COPD].
abstract: Free spirometry was offered to inhibitants of Bydgoszcz who presented with chronic cough. 1072 subjects were investigated, 638 males and 433 females, mean age 54 years. Eighty percent were smokers or exsmokers. In 78.6% subjects spirometry was normal. 200 persons (18.7%) had spirometric signs of airway obstruction, 19.5% mild, 51.5% moderate and 29% severe. Mass spirometry of smokers with chronic cough is a good screenings method for detection of COPD.
authors.affiliation: Woj. Ośrodek DLT, Woj. Szpital Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Bydgoszczy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czajkowska-Malinowska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zieliński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013147:Spirometry