A combination of the IPAG questionnaire and PiKo-6® flow meter is a valuable screening tool for COPD in the primary care setting

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Sichletidis, Lazaros ^a   Spyratos, Dionisios ^a   Papaioannou, Maria ^a   Chloros, Diamantis ^a   Tsiotsios, Anastasios ^a   Tsagaraki, Vasiliki ^a   Haidich, Anna Bettina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

COPD; Diagnosis; IPAG questionnaire; Piko 6 ; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY CARE AIRWAYS GUIDELINES QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79957895546     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00038     Document Type: Article

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