Emphysema predicts hospitalisation and incident airflow obstruction among older smokers: a prospective cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Emphysema on CT is common in older smokers. We hypothesised that emphysema on CT predicts acute episodes of care for chronic lower respiratory disease among older smokers.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Participants in a lung cancer screening study age ≥ 60 years were recruited into...

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Hauptverfasser:	David A McAllister, Firas S Ahmed, John H M Austin, Claudia I Henschke, Brad M Keller, Adina Lemeshow, Anthony P Reeves, Sonia Mesia-Vela, G D N Pearson, Maria C Shiau, Joseph E Schwartz, David F Yankelevitz, R Graham Barr
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	PLoS ONE
Online-Zugang:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0093221&type=printable
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