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A Correlation Study On The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Lynn Walter Capraun
A Correlation Study On The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Lynn Walter Capraun
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
Data were extracted from medical records of 202 former patients of a well established central Florida general hospital. Records were selected so as to include an equal number of disease categories dispersed equally over the two years. One hundred records were dated 1973 and 102 were dated 1976. Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma had been diagnosed in 67, 67, and 68 of the cases respectively. The age, sex, race, smoking habits, and occupations of the patients were recorded and crosstabulated with the diagnostic tests and subsequent treatment ordered by the various physicians. Most of the emphysematous patients were males over …