Płusa Tadeusz
Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny, Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Pneumonologii i Alergologii CSK MON w Warszawie.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2004 May;16 Suppl 1:13-5.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of death and disability in many countries over the world. Prevalence of COPD is difficult to evaluate because of clinical similarity to bronchial asthma, and changes in diagnostic standards. Actually about 8-35% patients are suffering because of COPD. In Poland this problem was described only in some regional trials. For this reason the program for prevalence of COPD has to be established according to contemporary diagnostic and therapeutic standards.
慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是世界上许多国家死亡和致残的主要原因。由于与支气管哮喘在临床上相似，以及诊断标准的变化，COPD的患病率难以评估。实际上，约8%-35%的患者患有COPD。在波兰，这个问题仅在一些地区试验中有所描述。因此，必须根据当代诊断和治疗标准制定COPD患病率计划。
