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Practical Approach to Lung Health – Experience from the Republic of Macedonia

Author(s) -

Biljana Ilievska-Poposka,

Maja Zakoska,

Stefan Talevski

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2018.157

Subject(s) - medicine , copd , asthma , pneumonia , respiratory care , health care , respiratory system , intensive care medicine , family medicine , physical therapy , pediatrics , economics , economic growth

Among the adults and children aged 5 yrs who attend PHC settings, 20-30% seeks to care for respiratory symptoms. Over 80-90% of the respiratory patients suffer from acute respiratory infections (ARI), followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), asthma, and less frequently with pneumonia and tuberculosis (TB). To improve the quality of care in patients who seek assistance for respiratory symptoms in PHC settings and the efficiency of respiratory service delivery within healthcare systems, WHO has designated several initiatives among which one is PAL (Practical Approach to Lung Health). PAL is an integrated and symptom-based approach focused on all priority respiratory illnesses encountered in PHC, including TB. Its patient-centred syndromic approach aims to improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illnesses in a PHC setting.

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