Reevaluation of diagnosis in adults with physician-diagnosed asthma

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 317, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 269-279

  Aaron, Shawn D ^a   Vandemheen, Katherine L ^a   FitzGerald, J Mark ^b   Ainslie, Martha ^c   Gupta, Samir ^d   Lemière, Catherine ^e   Field, Stephen K ^f   McIvor, R Andrew ^g   Hernandez, Paul ^h   Mayers, Irvin ⁱ   Mulpuru, Sunita ^a   Alvarez, Gonzalo G ^a   Pakhale, Smita ^a   Mallick, Ranjeeta ^a   Boulet, Louis Philippe ^j  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED ASTHMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART DISEASES; INHALATION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SPIROMETRY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 85009790820     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.19627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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