Open AccessDifferential Diagnosis in a Primary Care Population with Presumed Airway Obstruction: A Real-Life Study
Author(s) -
Johan Buffels,
JeanMarie Degryse,
Giuseppe Liistro,
Marc Decramer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000332836
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonologist , spirometry , copd , asthma , population , medical diagnosis , airway obstruction , cohort , airway , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , environmental health
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have major symptoms in common. However, the mode of the underlying chronic airway inflammation is different. There is still no single diagnostic test that can be considered a gold standard to distinguish asthma from COPD.
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