title: FUMEPOC: early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Currently is not feasible using conventional spirometry as a screening method in Primary Care especially among smoking population to detect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in early stages. Therefore, the FUMEPOC study protocol intends to analyze the validity and reliability of Vitalograph COPD-6 spirometer as simpler tool to aid screening and diagnosis of this disease in early stages in primary care surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  An observational, descriptive study of diagnostic tests, undertaken in Primary Care and Pneumology Outpatient Care Centre at San Juan Hospital and Elda Hospital. All smokers attending the primary care surgery and consent to participate in the study will undergo a test with Vitalograph COPD-6 spirometer. Subsequently, a conventional spirometry will be performed in the hospital and the results will be compared with those of the Vitalograph COPD-6 test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is difficult to use the spirometry as screening for early diagnose test in real conditions of primary care clinical practice. The use of a simpler tool, Vitalograph COPD-6 spirometer, can help in the early diagnose and therefore, it could improve the clinical management of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (Campus de San Juan), 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. atencion.primaria@umh.es
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gil-Guillén
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orozco-Beltrán
authors.forename: Concepcion V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Carratala Munuera
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plaza-Sirvent
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorca-Amorrich
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Pineda
authors.forename: María P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Vela-Troncoso
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yarza-Cañellas
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosado-Bretón
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olivares-Bautista
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Fernández
mesh_terms: D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012907:Smoking; D013147:Spirometry / Q000295:instrumentation*