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Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich · Jan 2005
[Suspicion of COPD--development of an algorithm for stepwise diagnosis in primary care].
- Antonius Schneider, Mathias M Borst, Ferdinand M Gerlach, and Joachim Szecsenyi.
- Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Sektion Aligemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung, Heidelberg. Antonius.Schneider@med.uni-heidelberg.de
- Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich. 2005 Jan 1; 99 (3): 217-25.
AbstractThe implementation of the disease management programme (DMP) for asthma and COPD in the German health system in 2005 requires an optimal and evidence-based work-up of patients by general practitioners in routine daily practice. The German and international guidelines for COPD do not provide recommendations for a stepwise diagnostic work-up in primary care. Therefore, an evidence-based algorithm was developed for a stepwise diagnosis of COPD and its different stages in general practice, based on national and foreign guidelines that provide specific advice on diagnostic procedures.
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