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    Association of rural living with COPD-related hospitalizations and deaths in US veterans

    It is unclear whether the high burden of COPD in rural areas is related to worse outcomes in patients with COPD or is because the prevalence of COPD is higher in rural areas. We assessed the association of rur...

    Spyridon Fortis, Yubo Gao, Arianne K. Baldomero in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Low FVC/TLC in Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm) is associated with features of and progression to obstructive lung disease

    One quarter of individuals with Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm) will develop airflow obstruction, but there are no established methods to identify these individuals. We examined the utility of FVC/...

    Spyridon Fortis, Alejandro Comellas, Victor Kim, Richard Casaburi in Scientific Reports (2020)