Diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the primary care setting: focus on the role of spirometry and bronchodilator reversibility

J Fam Pract. 2011 Apr;60(4 Suppl Diagnosis):S9-16.

Author

Stuart W Stoloff¹

Affiliation

¹ Family and Community Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA.

PMID: 21472146

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Administration, Inhalation
Bronchodilator Agents*
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control
Forced Expiratory Volume / drug effects
Humans
Physicians, Primary Care / organization & administration*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Primary Health Care / organization & administration*
Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*
Pulmonary Ventilation / drug effects
Respiratory Function Tests
Spirometry / methods
United States

Substances

Bronchodilator Agents