Gülfem Elif Çelik, Ömür Aydin, Elif Şen, Tunçalp Demir, Bilun Gemicioğlu, Esen Kiyan, Dilşad Mungan, İpek Kivilcim Oğuzülgen, Mehmet Polatli, Özlem Göksel, Abdullah Sayiner, Nurhayat Yildirim, Füsun Yildiz, Arzu Yorgancioğlu, Atilla Halil Elhan, Öznur Yildiz, İlknur Başyiğit, Şermin Börekçi, Yavuz Havlucu, Gülfer Okumuş, Murat Türk, Sevgi Saryal
INTRODUCTION: Patients with asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) have a greater disease burden than those with COPD or asthma alone. In this study, it was aimed to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and clinical features of ACO because there are limited national data in Türkiye. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted in a cross-sectional design in nine tertiary-care hospitals. The patients followed with a diagnosis of asthma or COPD for at least one year were enrolled in the study...
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