For a better diagnostic appropriateness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effects of the application of a guideline for clinical territorial;Peruna migliore appropriatezza diagnostica della broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva: Effetti dell'applicazione diuna linea-guida perla clinica territoriale

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-27

  Montanari, Ugo ^a   Quadrelli, Domenico ^a   Donato, Giuseppe ^a   Mercuri, Maddalena ^b   Scorletti, Antonio ^b   Berti, Franco ^c  

^a Medico di Medicina Generale   (Italy)

^b Pediatra di Libera Scelta ^*  (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diagnostic accuracy; General Practice; NICE guideline; Process indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PULMONOLOGY; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874613108     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 20381840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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