Spirometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Norwegian general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) in Norway increasingly use spirometry diagnostically as well as in follow up of patients with respiratory complaints, but little is known about their skills and knowledge in this area. The aim of the present study was to investigate how GPs interpret a case history and spirometry recordings of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and their knowledge about their own spirometer.

Methods

A web-based survey, consisting of a case history and spirometry recordings of a patient with COPD, was distributed to the 4700 members of the Norwegian GP Association. In addition to background information about themselves and their spirometer, topics included whether they requested, and how they interpreted, a spirometry reversibil

SUBMITTER: Tollanes MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677845 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature