Referral and consultation in asthma and COPD: An exploration of pulmonologists' views

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Schermer, T ^a   Smeenk, F ^b   van Weel, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUTICASONE; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLISHING; PULMONOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037900845     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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