… COPD. The … COPD who visit a primary care practitioner for any reason. Our selective
recruitment of patients with known risk factors for COPD who had visited a primary care practitioner …

… care practices, there is comparatively little … of COPD patients in primary care. A web-based
pilot survey was conducted to evaluate the primary care physician’s, or general practitioner’s (…

… As a result, patients remain unknown to their general practitioner (GP). In addition, the
subjects who do present with respiratory problems and have a reduced lung function are not …

… ability of primary care physicians (PCPs) to diagnose acute and chronic respiratory diseases.
… pulmonologists in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), chronic obstructive pulmonary …

… died each year of COPD. This represents an important and growing burden for primary
care, the setting in which most patients with respiratory disease are treated. Both asthma and …

… the nature of COPD diagnosed in primary care in order to … primary care diagnosis of
COPD who presented to their general practitioner with an acute exacerbation of their disease…

… an education program for primary-care physicians in the management of chronic obstructive
… of primary-care practitioners from community hospitals and university-based pulmonary …

… patients with COPD (5M/9F) and 16 general practitioners (GPs… around the diagnosis of COPD
in primary care: patients’ labels… practitioners in a qualitative study of COPD in primary care. …

… COPD in primary care and that general practitioners were randomised to two groups. All
general practitioners … had a diagnosis of COPD, according to GOLD (Global Initiative for COPD) …

… and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) in the USA demonstrated that 72% of
subjects with mild airflow limitation did not have a current diagnosis of obstructive lung disease, …