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- Ugo Montanari, Domenico Quadrelli, Giuseppe Donato, Maddalena Mercuri, Antonio Scorletti, and Franco Berti.
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Roma.
- Recenti Prog Med. 2013 Jan 1; 104 (1): 23-7.
AbstractIn Italian Territory Medicine there is no consolidated habitude, by Family General Practicioners and Paediatricians, to use Guidelines for diagnosis and management of diseases. Therefore, 19 General Practicioners, organized in a cooperative group, have identified a guideline on COPD, a disease often underdiagnosed and inappropriately treated, and verified, over 3 years of application, if it is possible, in clinical practice, to modify diagnostic-therapeutic habitudes. The results - even inferior to expectations for most of the indicators used - showed an increase in the number of cases diagnosed as COPD, possibly linked to a greater use of spirometry and chest Rx.
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