A centralised respiratory diagnostic service for primary care: A 4-year audit

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Starren, Elizabeth S ^a   Roberts, Nicola J ^b   Tahir, Mehreen ^a   O'Byrne, Louise ^a   Haffenden, Rachel ^c   Patela, Irem S ^c   Partridge, Martyn R ^c  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community respiratory assessment unit; COPD; Diagnosis; Primary care; Respiratory disease; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY RESPIRATORY ASSESSMENT UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DEFECT; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84862703164     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00013     Document Type: Article

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