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16035558

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) underlines that spirometry is the gold standard as the most reproducible, standardised, and objective way of measuring airflow limitation in the diagnosis and assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). However, studies undertaken in different countries have suggested a widespread underuse of spirometry by general practitioners to establish the diagnosis of COPD. Precise estimates of the prevalence of physician-diagnosed COPD in Italy are not currently available. In collaboration with the Italian Academy of General practitioners (SIMG) we have investigated the degree of use of spirometry to establish the diagnosis of COPD in Italy.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1122-0643
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-6-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Underuse of spirometry by general practitioners for the diagnosis of COPD in Italy.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro di Ricerca su Asma e BPCO, University of Ferrara, Italy. crm@unife.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article