title: [Classification of reasons for consultation and results of consultation in a selected sample from specialized pulmonary outpatient care].
abstract: According to Braun's theory of applied medicine terminology 4 results of medical consultation can be defined: A) classification of symptoms, B) classification of groups of symptoms, C) classification of the clinical picture, and D) exact diagnosis. In general practice only about 10% of the results of medical consultation are exact diagnoses. We wondered if the categories A-D also pertain to the patients of a specialized pulmonary diseases outpatient department. 20 consecutive new patients were studied who had been referred by other outpatient departments, consultant specialists, or general practitioners. The group consisted of 13 men and 7 women, mean age 40 years, range 18 to 65 years. In 9 patients consultation resulted in an increase in differentiation by one or two stages in comparison with the reason for referral. The result of consultation was not an exact diagnosis, in 10 cases, even in a specialized outpatient department. Thus, Braun's terminology of applied medicine with respect to the reason for, and the result of a medical consultation is generally valid, as shown by application to a specialist outpatient department.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Wien.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Röggla
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001317:Austria; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012017:Referral and Consultation
vernacular_title: Klassifizierung von Beratungsursachen und Beratungsergebnissen einer unausgewählten Stichprobe einer pulmologischen Spezialambulanz.