Implementation of a COPD Screening Questionnaire in an Outpatient HIV Clinic.

ABSTRACT: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); yet substantial under-recognition of COPD exists. We administered a patient-completed, physician-reviewed COPD screening tool in an outpatient HIV clinic to determine whether screening is feasible or possible. Patients attending nonacute, routine HIV care visits were provided a brief COPD screening tool, which included three questions focused on age, respiratory symptoms, and smoking history. Providers were given completed forms for review and ordered spirometry at their discretion. Forms and medical records were subsequently reviewed to determine completion and results of spirometry testing. Of the 1,510 patients screened during the study period, 968 (64%) forms were comp

SUBMITTER: Lambert AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5073036 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature