Underuse of spirometry by general practitioners for the diagnosis of COPD in Italy | Zendy

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Underuse of spirometry by general practitioners for the diagnosis of COPD in Italy

Author(s) -

Gaetano Caramori,

Germano Bettoncelli,

R. Tosatto,

Fabio Arpinelli,

Giovanni Visonà,

Giovanni Invernizzi,

Bruno Franco Novelletto,

Alberto Papi,

Ian M. Adcock,

A Ciaccia

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

monaldi archives for chest disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 2465-101X

pISSN - 1122-0643

DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2005.651

Subject(s) - spirometry , copd , medicine , gold standard (test) , pulmonary disease , obstructive lung disease , disease , general practice , physical therapy , family medicine , intensive care medicine , asthma

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) underlines that spirometry is the gold standard as the most reproducible, standardised, and objective way of measuring airflow limitation in the diagnosis and assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). However, studies undertaken in different countries have suggested a widespread underuse of spirometry by general practitioners to establish the diagnosis of COPD. Precise estimates of the prevalence of physician-diagnosed COPD in Italy are not currently available. In collaboration with the Italian Academy of General practitioners (SIMG) we have investigated the degree of use of spirometry to establish the diagnosis of COPD in Italy.

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