title: High prevalence of undiagnosed and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at first hospital admission with acute exacerbation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Whittington Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bastin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Starling
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinham
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Restrick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology