Spirometry-based prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease & amp; associated factors among community-dwelling rural elderly

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of COPD was found to be high among the rural elderly in this study. Interventions aimed at cessation of smoking and preparedness of health systems for diagnosis and management of COPD are hence required.PMID:35532589 | DOI:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_358_19

Source: The Indian Journal of Medical Research - May 9, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Alok Kumar Ravneet Kaur Vijay Hadda Kalaivani Mani Baridalyne Nongkynrih Sanjeev Kumar Gupta Shashi Kant Source Type: research