Prospectively Collected Characteristics of Adult Patients, Their Consultations and Outcomes as They Report Breathlessness When Presenting to General Practice in Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Currow, David C ^a   Clark, Katherine ^b,c   Mitchell, Geoffrey K ^d   Johnson, Miriam J ^e   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884216423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074814     Document Type: Article

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