Screening for obstructive lung disease in hospitalized psychiatric patients.

Conclusion: We present a simple study where the patients are screened for obstructive lung disease with a handheld spirometry and a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms. Number needed to screen is low at 3.4-4.5. In all, 10 new cases of obstructive lung disease were diagnosed. This study illustrates that screening for COPD and asthma is feasible even in a psychiatric population. PMID: 31928298 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Nord J Psychiatry Source Type: research