<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bankhead, Charles</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COPD Patients have Significant Disease Burden before Diagnosis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010-06-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3-3</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a significant respiratory disease burden in the 2 years leading up to diagnosis. This article reviews a large general practice database from the United Kingdom showed that 42% of COPD patients had one or more acute respiratory events in the 24 months prior to diagnosis.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume></record></records></xml>