Causes of misdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic scoping review

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue , 2017, Pages 63-84

  Hangaard, Stine ^a   Helle, Tina ^b   Nielsen, Carl ^c   Hejlesen, Ole K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnostic error; Misdiagnoses; Obstructive lung disease; Primary care; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CINAHL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAL CAPACITY;

AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 85020395492     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.05.015     Document Type: Review

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