Petty T L
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.
Chest. 2000 May;117(5 Suppl 2):326S-31S. doi: 10.1378/chest.117.5_suppl_2.326s.
COPD is a common disease that is often not diagnosed in the primary-care setting. This review highlights the findings of studies ranging from the early 1960s to the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) study, undertaken to try and accurately estimate the prevalence of COPD in the US population. Results of the NHANES III indicate that COPD remains frequently underdiagnosed, and that spirometry should be more widely used in the primary-care setting to identify asymptomatic disease. Early intervention, in particular smoking cessation, could alter the course and outcome of disease in patients with COPD.
慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是一种常见疾病，在初级保健机构中常常未被诊断出来。这篇综述强调了从20世纪60年代初到第三次全国健康与营养检查调查（NHANES III）研究的各项研究结果，这些研究旨在尝试准确估计美国人群中COPD的患病率。NHANES III的结果表明，COPD仍然经常未被诊断出来，并且肺功能测定应该在初级保健机构中更广泛地用于识别无症状疾病。早期干预，尤其是戒烟，可以改变COPD患者的疾病进程和结局。
