This guideline detailed the steps that are needed to make a diagnosis of COPD and to distinguish it from its differential diagnoses, such as asthma. It is these guidelines that will form the basis of this article.doi:10.1177/1755738013478939Dutta...
Spanish COPD guidelines (GesEPOC): hospital diagnosis and treatment of COPD exacerbation Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) generate significant morbidity and mortality, increasing the health care burden and raising c... JJ Soler-Cataluna,PP Salmeron,JA Trigueros,... - 《Eme...
Both sets of guidelines emphasise the use of simple spirometric measurements to assess the severity and predict the prognosis of patients with COPD. However, they are less specific on the use of the other measurements of lung function in the diagnosis and management of COPD. It is probably good...
a COPD diagnosis is often based on a single initial spirometry test, and none of the above COPD guidelines recommend repeat spirometry testing when making the diagnosis of COPD, or indicate that a different result may be found if spirometry is repeated.1–4 Interestingly, although long- term va...
Management of COPD in the Community Summary This chapter contains section titled: Burden of COPD in the Community Prevalence Mortality, Morbidity, Admissions, and Service Use Guidelines, Evid... LB Rnc - John Wiley & Sons Ltd 被引量: 2发表: 2008年 Perspectives and Attitudes of General ...
Document Goals and Objectives (2) These guidelines aim at: Improving the quality of care provided to patients with COPD. Promoting the use of a disease-oriented approach. Maintaining a synchronous flow with the wider objectives of GOLD. Using an electronic, web-based format which can be updated...
Comparison of spirometry criteria for the diagnosis of COPD: Results from the BOLD study. Eur Respir J. 2009;34:588---97.W. M. Vollmer, P. G´islason, P. Burney et al., "Comparison of spirometry criteria for the diagnosis of COPD: results from the BOLD study," European Respiratory...
Contents 1.Overview 2.Screening and diagnosis 2.1 Risk factors for lung cancer 2.1.1 Smoking and involuntary smoking 2.1.2 History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)2.1.3 Occupational exposures 2.1.4 Family history of lung cancer and genetic susceptibility 2.1.5 Other factors 2.2 Screenin...
The aim was to benchmark the results with the two most widely used guidelines in Spain: GOLD 201314 and the Spanish National Guideline for COPD (GesEPOC).15 Information was recorded in a centralized database, organized as a hierarchical web-based tool with different levels of data ...
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