title: [COPD and Asthma: same same but different].
abstract: In clinical practice, differentiation of COPD and asthma is difficult. A case report of an asthma patient with a drifter type of asthma imitating COPD is presented. In this context differences and similarities of both diseases are high-lighted. The definitions of asthma and COPD in international guidelines leave some space to misdiagnosing.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Pneumologie, Zürcher Höhenklinik Davos. thomas.rothe@zhd.ch
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rothe
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003144:Communication Barriers; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013147:Spirometry
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D011239:Prednisolone