Is it Reasonable to Start Bronchodilator Treatment Before Confirming the Diagnosis of COPD?

Open Respir Arch. 2023 Oct 12;5(4):100281. doi: 10.1016/j.opresp.2023.100281. eCollection 2023 Oct-Dec.

¹ Respiratory Department, Research Unit, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
² Canary Tropical Disease and Public Health Institute, La Laguna University, La Laguna, Spain.
³ Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Centro de Salud Francia, Fuenlabrada, Dirección Asistencial Oeste, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Centro de Salud Bétera, Valencia, Spain.
⁷ Department of Pneumology, Alvaro Cunqueiro University Teaching Hospital, NeumoVigo I+i Research Group, Southern Galician Institute of Health Research (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur - IISGS), Vigo, Spain.

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