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Flow chart for fitness to work in workers suspected of having COPD. mMRC, modified Medical Research Council; CAT, COPD Assessment Test; GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
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Figure 1 depicts the steps taken to test the patient's fitness to work.
COPD assessment using symptoms, breathlessness, spirometric classification, and risk of exacerbations. The patient had a GOLD airflow limitation rating of 3, dyspnea of mMRC grade 2, and a CAT score of 12; therefore, he was assigned to patient group D (high risk, more symptoms)
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Fig2
Since the patient had a GOLD airflow limitation rating of 3, a mMRC dyspnea grade of 2, and a score of 12 on the CAT, he was classified into patient group D (Fig. 2). 