Patients who have seen an asthma specialist (allergist or pulmonologist) for asthma in the past 1 year
Diagnosis of other pulmonary diseases (e.g., COPD, interstitial lung disease, etc.)
We will allow for current smokers, vapers and cannabis users as long as they meet one of the COPD-allowable pathways below.
COPD-allowable pathways:
If none of the below are satisfied, then exclude for COPD.
Documentation: PFTs must be within 36 months of enrollment date; smoking history must be calculated and entered in this form based on patient input. Pack- year history will be collected for characterization/analysis but will not determineeligibility.
We will allow for COPD as long as they are:
never smokers/vapers/cannabis users;
former or current smokers/vapers/cannabis users with normal PFTs with FEV1/FVC \>=70% documented in a medical record within 36 months of the enrollment date
former or current smoker/vapers/cannabis users with obstruction noted on PFTs (i.e., FEV1/FVC \<70%) but who demonstrates BOTH acute bronchodilator reversibility (i.e., \>10% increase in either FEV1%predicted or FVC% predicted) AND have a normal diffusing capacity (DLCO)
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