Are italian pulmonologists aware of the guidelines for asthma management and do they know how to apply them?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-125

  Bacci, Elena ^a   Melosini, L ^a   Novelli, F ^a   Marinaro, S ^a   Pala, A P ^b   Angino, A ^b   Dente, F L ^a   Paggiaro, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIFFUSING CAPACITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULMONOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VITAL CAPACITY;

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EID: 80053217753     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2011.224     Document Type: Article

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