New Diagnostic Approach for COPD - JAMA Network This cohort study examines a multidimensional diagnostic approach for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that uses a new diagnostic schema
A Multidimensional Diagnostic Approach for. . . : JAMA A new COPD diagnostic schema integrating respiratory symptoms, respiratory quality of life, spirometry, and structural lung abnormalities on computed tomographic imaging newly classified some individuals as having COPD
New Multidimensional COPD Diagnostic Schema It’s increasingly well recognized that spirometry alone is insufficient for diagnosis of COPD Edwin K Silverman, MD, PhD and colleagues developed a new diagnostic schema that identifies patients at risk of poor respiratory outcomes who would not have been diagnosed with spirometry alone
New COPD Diagnostic Schema 2025 This study evaluates a new multidimensional diagnostic approach for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that incorporates respiratory symptoms and chest imaging abnormalities
New COPD definition improves risk detection - Medical Republic A new diagnostic approach to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that incorporates chest computed tomography findings and respiratory symptoms in addition to spirometry has been shown to improve the identification of individuals at high risk for adverse respiratory outcomes
A fresh, multidimensional diagnosis for COPD identifies at-risk . . . In an editorial in JAMA, Francesca Polverino, M D , Ph D , called the study a milestone in COPD diagnosis “COPD classification has remained overly dependent on airflow limitation as the main diagnostic criterion,” Polverino wrote
JAMA | OriginalInvestigation AMultidimensionalDiagnosticApproach . . . EXPOSURE Exposure included the new multidimensional COPD diagnostic schema, defined by (1) major diagnostic category: presence of the major criterion (airflow obstruction based on postbronchodilator forced expiratory volume in the first second of expiration [FEV1] forced vital capacity ratio <0 70) and at least 1 of 5 minor criteria (emphysema