Colour vision deficiency and sputum colour charts in COPD patients: an exploratory mixed-method study

Abstract Sputum colour may mark bacterial involvement in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, whether colour vision deficiency (CVD) in COPD patients could impact the use of sputum colour charts as part of a guide to antibiotic use in exacerbations is unknown...

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Main Authors: Sunita Channa, Nicola Gale, Emma Lai, Lara Hall, Mark Quinn, Alice M. Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00225-z