PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bankhead, Charles
TI  - COPD Patients have Significant Disease Burden before Diagnosis
DP  - 2010 Jul 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 3--3
VI  - 10
IP  - 3
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/3/3.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/3/3.full
AB  - 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.