Spirometry is really useful and feasible in the GP's daily practice but guidelines alone are not.
Sauro
Alfonso
A
SNAMID, WONCA and EURACT. alfonso.sauro1@tin.it
Scalzitti
Fausto
F
Buono
Nicola
N
Siringano
Rodolfo
R
Petrazzuoli
Ferdinando
F
Diodati
Giuseppe
G
Canzano
Silvestro
S
Castellano
Maria C
MC
D'Addio
Fillippo
F
Pascarella
Andrea
A
Sortino
Domenica
D
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013147:Spirometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017749:Total Quality Management