Guideline-based survey of outpatient COPD management by pulmonary specialists in Germany

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-108

  Glaab, Thomas ^a,b   Vogelmeier, Claus ^c   Hellmann, Andreas ^d   Buhl, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Federal Association of neumologists   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Diagnosis; GOLD; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Survey; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; PULMONOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857081137     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S27887     Document Type: Article

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