title: [Implementation of diagnostic accuracy for COPD (ABC Project): evaluation of a guide-line in territorial clinical practice].
abstract: In 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.
authors: Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Roma.
authors: Ugo
authors: U
authors: Montanari
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Quadrelli
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Donato
authors: Maddalena
authors: M
authors: Mercuri
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Scorletti
authors: Franco
authors: F
authors: Berti
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058006:General Practice / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008485:Medical Audit; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013147:Spirometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D063189:Symptom Assessment