TY - JOUR T1 - Poor agreement between chart-based and objectively identified comorbidities of COPD JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00667-2015 SP - ERJ-00667-2015 AU - Filip J.J. Triest AU - Frits M.E. Franssen AU - Martijn A. Spruit AU - Miriam T.J. Groenen AU - Emiel F.M. Wouters AU - Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren Y1 - 2015/09/04 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2015/09/04/13993003.00667-2015.abstract N2 - Comorbidities contribute significantly to the individual burden of disease in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Their assessment is considered essential for COPD management and is frequently based on data from patients' charts [1]. However, comorbidities are often undiagnosed [2]. Hence, a mismatch between chart-based and objectively identified comorbidities could be anticipated.There is poor agreement between chart-based and objectively identified comorbidities in patients with COPD http://ow.ly/QCgf3 ER -