[Suspicion of COPD--development of an algorithm for stepwise diagnosis in primary care]

Antonius Schneider; Mathias M Borst; Ferdinand M Gerlach; Joachim Szecsenyi

[Suspicion of COPD--development of an algorithm for stepwise diagnosis in primary care]

Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich. 2005;99(3):217-25.

[Article in German]

Authors

Antonius Schneider¹, Mathias M Borst, Ferdinand M Gerlach, Joachim Szecsenyi

Affiliation

¹ Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Sektion Aligemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung, Heidelberg. Antonius.Schneider@med.uni-heidelberg.de

PMID: 15999586

Abstract

The implementation of the disease management programme (DMP) for asthma and COPD in the German health system in 2005 requires an optimal and evidence-based work-up of patients by general practitioners in routine daily practice. The German and international guidelines for COPD do not provide recommendations for a stepwise diagnostic work-up in primary care. Therefore, an evidence-based algorithm was developed for a stepwise diagnosis of COPD and its different stages in general practice, based on national and foreign guidelines that provide specific advice on diagnostic procedures.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Chronic Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Evidence-Based Medicine / standards
Germany
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Private Practice / standards
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Quality Assurance, Health Care