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Point of care microspirometry to facilitate the COPD diagnostic process in primary care: a clustered randomised trial

We studied if pre-bronchodilator FEV(1)/FEV(6) determinations with microspirometers by GPs improve the diagnostic process for COPD in a 6–8 month clustered randomised controlled trial in Dutch general practices (http://www.trialregister.nl: NTR4041). GPs allocated to microspirometry (MI) used COPD-6...

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Autores principales: Schermer, Tjard R., Vatsolaki, Maria, Behr, Robbert, Grootens, Joke, Cretier, Riet, Akkermans, Reinier, Denis, Joke, Poels, Patrick, van den Bemt, Lisette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29789607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41533-018-0083-9