Screening tool helpful in detecting treatment needs in COPD
Use of CAPTURE plus peak expiratory flow resulted in “good” sensitivity and negative predictive value for detecting patients with COPD in need of treatment, according to study results.“CAPTURE was designed to identify possible patients with COPD with an FEV1 [less than] 60% predicted in an unselected primary-care population,” Yun Li, MD, of the department of pulmonary and